Most of the French progenitors of the Afrikaner people were Huguenots, who first began to arrive between 1687 and 1691 in flight from French government persecution that began under, and were bound together by a form of Calvinist religion.
Most of the French progenitors of the Afrikaner people were Huguenots, who first began to arrive between 1687 and 1691 in flight from French government persecution that began under Louis XIV and continued for a century. They spoke their own language, called Afrikaans, and were bound together by a form of Calvinist religion.