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- 1 2 Schoeman, K. 1985. Die huis van die armes: die Berlynse Sendinggenootskap in die OVS, 1833-1869, pp 67-76
- ↑ Martin Meredith (2008-09-01). Diamonds, Gold, and War: The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa. PublicAffairs. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-58648-641-9.
- ↑ Zöllner, Linda; Heese, J.A. (1984). The Berlin Missionaries in South Africa and their Descendants. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council, Institute for Historial Research. p. 466. ISBN 0796900108.
- ↑ Richard Miles: Motswana preacher "to the native tribes beyond the border,