Round 3: Tossup 7

A group named for one of these events celebrated a victory by inaugurating the Day of the Vow. Moshoeshoe I’s (“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 for the Mfecane (“um-feh-KAH-nay”). A “Great” one (-5[1])of these events (-5[1])lends its name to a group of anti-abolitionist Boers who founded the Natalia Republic. (10[1])Iron smelting has been used to trace one of these events that caused the proliferation of the Bantu people. The transatlantic (10[1])slave trade (10[1])caused the largest “forced” instance of these events (10[2])in history. (10[1])For 10 points, name these large-scale movements of people from one place to another. ■END■ (10[2])

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