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Robben Island Imprisonment Begins

South Africa · Politics / ANC. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1963

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela27 May 1963

Robben Island · Politics / ANC

Begins his first period of imprisonment on the island.

Names involved

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Provenance

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