Petrus Delport
Leader of the Swellendam Patriot Movement in the 1790s
About Petrus Delport
Commandant Petrus Jacobus Delport (bef. 20 February 1757 – 1797) was leader of the Swellendam Patriot Movement in the 1790s. He was also the National Commander (vice president) of the Republic of Swellendam in 1795. He was banished from the Cape for rebelling against the British and then fled to the Netherlands.
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leader of the Swellendam Patriot Movement in the 1790s
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