On 9 February 1874, Chief Langalibalele, king of the AmaHlubi, a Bantu tribe in what is now the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, became one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island. He refused to register firearms and three British colonial troops were killed trying to arrest him. It was deemed a rebellion and he was captured. A century later, many anti-apartheid activists, including Nelson Mandela, would also be imprisoned on Robben Island.
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