"Equal rights for all civilized men south of the Zambesi."
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Le Sueur states that Rhodes originally said, c. 1893: "Equal rights every white man south of the Zambesi", as reported in the press, and he later "clarified" it.
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Cecil Rhodes
1853 – 1902
britischer Politiker, Premierminister der Kapkolonie (1890-96)
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