I am going to say true. I could be wrong
Hopefully, this link will help:
http://www.aish.com/ci/w/48955181.html
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Because one of the major powers who instigated the war did not take part in it
The war was lost by the Boer (white descendants of the colonialists) who until then had to independent republics, and those republics were placed under the British Empire. The war has left many Boers unsatisfied, and introduced a feeling of waiting for a future opportunity for an independence.
A. As a moral question
The Americans started thinking about releasing the slaves to become free people during the 1850's. It was not until 1865 that slavery officially ended when the 13th Amendment of the constitution was ratified, prohibiting slavery in the American colonies.