A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy

Date: 7 Jan 1848
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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01Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, v. 3, p. 685.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973

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"A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973. Accessed 20 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "A great gathering of Xhosa chiefs occurs in King Williams Town, where Cape Governor Sir Harry Smith explains his Eastern Frontier policy." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010973.