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A group named for one of these events celebrated a victory by inaugurating the Day of the Vow. Moshoeshoe (-5[1])I’s (10[1])(“mo-SHWAY-shway the first’s”) stronghold at Thaba Bosiu united several clans affected by warfare and these events, which are referenced in the Sesotho name (-5[1])for the Mfecane (“um-feh-KAH-nay”). A “Great” one (-5[1])of these events (-5[3])lends (10[1]-5[1])its name (-5[2])to a group of anti-abolitionist (-5[1])Boers (10[1])who founded (-5[1])the Natalia (10[1])Republic. (10[5])Iron smelting (10[2])has been used to trace (10[1])one of these events (10[1]-5[1])that caused (10[2])the proliferation (10[4]-5[2])of (10[1])the (10[1])Bantu (10[1])people. (10[7])The transatlantic (10[7]-5[1])slave (10[3])trade (10[6])caused (10[1])the largest (10[1])“forced” (10[4])instance (10[5])of (10[1])these (10[8])events (10[5])in history. (10[10]-5[2])For 10 points, (10[2])name these (10[1])large-scale (10[1]-5[1])movements of people (10[1]-5[1])from one place (10[1])to another. (10[2])■END■ (10[16])

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