This is half-true. Although the term and the definition of a concentration camp appeared during the the Second Boer War, the camps themselves happened a couple of times before that, for instance there was a case ~50 years prior - during the American Civil War in Andersonville, Georgia. 45k held, 13k died.
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This is half-true. Although the term and the definition of a concentration camp appeared during the the Second Boer War, the camps themselves happened a couple of times before that, for instance there was a case ~50 years prior - during the American Civil War in Andersonville, Georgia. 45k held, 13k died.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville_National_Historic_Site