CLASS 10
NELSON MANDELA LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
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Question
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He was given a prison sentence but didn’t have to serve it.
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He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to hang.
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He was exiled to the United States.
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He was imprisoned for 27 years.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1963 he joined other MK leaders in the Rivonia Trial, at the end of which he was sentenced to life for sabotage. He was finally released from prison in 1990 after over 27 years of unbroken incarceration. Eighteen of those years were spent on Robben Island.
Detailed explanation-2: -After 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela was freed in 1990 and negotiated with State President F. W. de Klerk the end of apartheid in South Africa, bringing peace to a racially divided country and leading the fight for human rights around the world. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years by the South African apartheid government. His crime? Standing up against a government that was committing egregious human rights abuses against black South Africans. He was released from prison in 1990 and went on to lead the way for the abolition of apartheid in 1994.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1961, he was arrested for treason, and although acquitted he was arrested again in 1962 for illegally leaving the country. Convicted and sentenced to five years at Robben Island Prison, he was put on trial again in 1964 on charges of sabotage.
Detailed explanation-5: -On What Charges was Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life Imprisonment? Nelson Mandela received a life sentence for undermining South Africa’s apartheid system. The incident took place on June 12, 1964. He was found guilty and given a five-year prison term, which he started to fulfill at the Pretoria Local Prison.