page_title: Free Burghers
section_title: Settlement map
hierarchical_section_title: Free Burghers / The first freemen / Settlement map
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Die Vryburgernedersetting aan die Kaap de Goede Hoop English: The Free Burghers Settlement at the Cape
context_page_description: Free Burghers were early settlers at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century. The introduction of Free Burghers to the Cape is regarded as the beginning of a permanent settlement of Europeans in South Africa and the inception of the Boer people.
caption: Settlement of the first Free Burghers
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