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One of the events in Nelson Mandela's life that seems to have defined and shaped him as a person, is the part he played in the Defiance Campaign, which was the very first multiracial  group that was politically against the apartheid laws who were united under a common leadership. Mandela's role in this group was volunteer-in-chief, and he along with other leaders acted as the conductors of the campaign. One of the most defining moments of his time with the group was when he, along with two other leaders of the group, were part of a peaceful protest with along with 52 other Africans and Indians. Although it was peaceful, all were arrested, even though Mandela and the other leaders had planned on avoiding arrest by simply being observers.

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In 1963, Mandela was arrested for hiding out on a farm with a few other members of the group of anti-apartheid group of which he was associated with. Mandela was essentially undercover in his feud with the government trying to obtain him and while living on this farm he went by the name David Motsamayi, which meant "the walker." Although, Mandela was eventually obtained by the government, and arrested due to his hiding from them. This proved to his followers how committed he was to his cause, which is part of the reason why they kept on fighting the apartheid.

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In 1999, Nelson Mandela made a huge decision in his life, which was to not stand for a re-election. This decision influenced him, and all of the people who followed him because it meant they would have to now choose another person to follow, and they might not ever find somebody that they support as much as Mandela himself. Although, perhaps a bigger effect of this event, was that the Nelson Mandela Foundation was established. The whole point of this foundation is to protect and preserve all of the archives and information about Mandela, such as his ideas and ideologies, because of how great of a leader he was. The whole reason that this foundation was started was Mandela stepping down from his role as President of South Africa.

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Mandela's armed resistance movement against apartheid

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Mandela's armed resistance movement against apartheid

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In 1961, Mandela became the first leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, which translates to spear of the nation. It was also referred to as MK. The group designed a sabotage campaign against the government under Mandela's leadership, and Mandela also traveled illegally to a conference in Ethiopia. He then left again and initiated a workers' strike in the same year. He believed that it was unreasonable for him and other African leaders to meet a forceful government with peaceful protests that have only failed in the past.

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Apartheid is a rigid policy of segregation or discrimination economically  based on race in South Africa. After an all-white government was formed in 1948, nonwhite South Africans were forced to life apart from the whites. In 1991, the government started to repeal most of the laws that were the basis of apartheid.

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Nelson Mandela's struggle with apartheid

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Nelson Mandela's struggle with apartheid

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During the 1940's, Mandela was a member of the African National Congress party as a leader of peaceful protests and armed resistance against the whites' power in a racially divided South Africa. He ended up in prison for around 27 years, confined to a small cell at the Robben Island Prison known for its brutality. He was exposed to a tremendous amount of harsh punishments, such as being buried up to his neck in the ground, and being urinated on by the guards.

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in 1952 in Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela along with a fellow African national congress member, established the first black law practice . They specialized in cases after the 1948 apartheid legislation. Nelson Mandela had campaigns throughout Africa in order to fight laws not allowing non whites to go into areas that were restricted mainly for the white population. Mandela led people to peacefully protest against these discriminatory laws.

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Nelson Mandela was born on july 18th, 1918 ( in south africa) and died december 5th, 2013.
Mandela's father was the chief of the Madiba Clan of the Tembu people. So young and already born into being a future leader. Little did mandela know he would later become one of the greatest leaders in history. We can only conclude that he had a natural sense of leadership from such a young age due to his father, and the possibility that he would one day be the chief of the Madiba clan but Nelson Mandela was thinking of leading people on a much larger scale.

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During Mandela´s years of studying to be a clerk, mandela attended Fort Hare university. it was there where, when he first entereed his freshman year, that he noticed a difference of how people were treated based on the amount of year they had attended the university. The House committee of the dormitory was ran by the seniors and like seniors they were hazing the new freshman to do the willing chores around the dormitories. This was nelson mandelas first experience with hazing and he didn't like it so he formed his own house committee , and was voted head of the committee by other students. They basically overthrew the seniors and their rule. Nelson mandela showed how organized he was to defeat a common foe, this foreshadows later events in life in which different groups join together to fight against a common enemy.

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http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/defiance-campaign-1952

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nelson-Mandela

https://www.nelsonmandela.org/content/page/timeline

http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/sa-president-nelson-mandela-step-down

http://www.history.com/topics/apartheid

http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela