After a war in 1899, the British interned the __________ in concentration camps where 26,000 died in captivity.

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The term "Boers" refers to the white South African settlers of mainly Dutch, German, and French Huguenot descent who waged a bitter and protracted war against British colonial forces between 1899 and 1902. During the conflict, the British implemented a policy of scorched earth, burning farms and homesteads and rounding up women and children, many of whom were sent to concentration camps where they suffered from malnutrition, disease, and squalid conditions. Of the approximately 115,000 people interned, over 26,000 Boer women and children died in captivity.

After a War in 1899, the British Interned the __________