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GCSE History · key term
A programme adopted in 1955 by the ANC and its allies, calling for democratic government, racial equality and changes to the distribution of land and wealth.
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Paper 1
Revise: Resistance, Armed Struggle and the Rivonia TrialThe Freedom Charter was adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, near Johannesburg, on 25–26 June 1955. Around 3,000 delegates attended, drawn from different racial groups and sections of society. The ANC and its allies had gathered demands for the kind of country people wanted to live in.
Distinguish aims from achievements: the Freedom Charter described a future democratic South Africa, not rights secured under apartheid.
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