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Clarkson, South Africa

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Template:Infobox South African town Clarkson is a town in Kou-Kamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Moravian Mission village in the former Humansdorp district, 26 km south-east of Assegaaibos station and 60 km west of Humansdorp. It was established by Bishop H P Halbeck in 1839 and named after Thomas Clarkson who helped abolish the slave-trade.[1]

References

  1. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 118. Retrieved 28 August 2013.