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… one of the military post which was established during the Frontier Frontier Wars around 1835 and named after Major William Cox of the …

… of Cape Town and the castle in 1764 by J Rach The Cape frontier is pushed further eastward, beyond the Gamtoos River … This lays the foundation for a series of anti-colonial wars by the AmaXhosa and skirmishes that are to last until … in history as the First War of Dispossession, or the First Frontier War, between the AmaXhosa and Dutch colonists. It is …

… were used to great advantage by the amaXhosa during the frontier wars of 1811-1858. The following census figures are available …

… in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further north, they had relatively few links to their … they were succoured or given help by local chiefs. In the wars of 1835, 1846, and 1851–53, the Mfengu fought on the British side and were granted lands in the frontier districts of the Transkei and Ciskei , at Xhosa …

… of its inception it was caught in the middle of three Cape Frontier Wars and the First Anglo-Boer War! In 1909 control of the …

… Colony from 1847-1852. He ruled during the time of the Frontier Wars and was remowned for his autocratic tendencies. He was …

… and 1830s were a time of great upheaval. There were many wars about land which caused thousands of people to flee to … how the British had defeated the Xhosa on the Cape Eastern Frontier. The first boundary line In 1843 Napier, who was the … The Boers called this stock theft, but the chiefs on the frontier thought that they had a right to take Boer stock. As …

… After the Napoleonic wars, Britain experienced a serious unemployment problem. … South Africa, encouraged the immigrants to settle in the frontier area of what is now the Eastern Cape. This was in order to consolidate and defend the eastern frontier against the neighbouring Xhosa people, and to …

… and Hermanus Potgieter. He fought in the Fourth and Fifth Frontier Wars and was a wealthy sheep farmer when, like many other …

… to Ayliff as their source of political patronage (see Frontier Wars for more information). In reply to a letter by the Rev. …

… to “forced removal) was a series of Nguni and other Zulu wars and forced migrations from the 1820s. The Mfecane is … of Boer, Kora and Griqua raiders The Boer raiders were frontier farmers who from the Cape Colony. They raided areas … labourers. In 1828 the British colonial troops joined frontier farmers and attacked an area west of present-day …

… identities and boundaries, and moves beyond Eurocentric frontier history to a conception of new kinds of conflict, … Delagoa Bay (present-day Maputo) and the Thukela River; wars associated with the period (origin: Zulu, “crushing”; … and slaves based in Delagoa Bay. Second was the coloured frontier people from the Cape called the Griqua, who attacked …

… 330 km stretch of land. This eventually led to the Korana wars of 1869 and 1878. In 1869, the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police and a small detachment of …

… all over Europe. The colony gradually expanded along a frontier at the expense of the Khoikhoi, Xhosa, and other … in the Transkei.  The Xhosa in particular fought nine wars spanning a century, which gradually deprived them of … - the rise to power of the great Zulu King, Shaka .  His wars of conquest and those of Mzilikazi - a general who broke …

… fought with the local Xhosa inhabitants. There were nine wars between the government and the Xhosa, called the frontier or border wars. The Dutch farmers also fought with the Xhosa over land. …

… district of Albany, Eastern Cape, shortly before the sixth Frontier War broke out. His works portrayed life on the frontier and included portraits of the Khoikhoi and Africans …

… is disputed and debated in what they call the 'History Wars', with conservative historians arguing that the horror … in 1788. Massacres accompanied the expansion of their frontier. Although many indigenous communities resisted the …

… The fact of the matter is that most of the Boers of the frontier did not own slaves. Canadian professor Wallace Mills … own slaves. The Great Trek was motivated over the constant frontier wars with the Xhosas who were killing so many Boers that they …

… fought with the local Xhosa inhabitants. There were nine wars between the government and the Xhosa, called the frontier (pronounced ‘front-ear’) or border wars. The Dutch farmers also fought with the Xhosa over land. …

… 1937. To understand the mass emigration of the Afrikaans frontier farmers out of the Cape Colony it is important to … between these farmers and the Xhosa inhabitants on the frontier, as well as growing resentment between the farmers … of not giving them any financial support in the frontier wars and other confrontations with the Xhosa. The conflict on …

… with European weapons and horses, operating from the Cape frontier, caused widespread devastation in the interior. … and consequences. The expansion of the Cape Colony's frontier, the slave trade from Delagoa Bay, and the arms … linked to colonial-era ideas about the centrality of "the wars of Shaka." Wars and disruptions took place, but most of …

… The frontier war of 1850-53 was precipitated when the amaNgqika, … a considerable part of the district was settled during the wars of Cape Colony by Tembu (Tambookies) who were granted a …

… his drive to strip the Xhosa people on the Cape’s Eastern Frontier of their power, and at the same time draw them into … on Robben Island in the aftermath of the Eighth and Ninth Frontier Wars . With the advent of the Union of South Africa in 1910 – …

… Ocean . The need for a reliable Harbour to service the Frontier Region of the Eastern Cape began to surface during … it Port Rex, and the British military used it during the Frontier Wars for supplies. It was later renamed East London to …

… But Meyer did not stay for long. During the early frontier wars of the 1790s, he abandoned his farm and headed westwards … but did not secure its eastern regions until the fourth frontier war in 1812. This conflict ended when all indigenous …

… New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, the Cape Colonial frontier zone and the American frontier zone. LECTURE TITLES 1.             Massacre and the … Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 5.             The American frontier and the discourse of extermination THE EARLY CAPE: …

… for self -government inspired an emigration of white frontier framers away from the Colony, leading to the Great … Henry Fynn, convinced Shaka that the chiefdoms near the frontier were protected by the British. Shaka decided to turn … of refugees who had to flee their homes during the mfecane wars. Societies making up the Basotho nation were the …

… a more aggressive policy towards the Colony's eastern frontier than Caledon. His "frontier policy" results in hostilities breaking out between … the Cape government had appropriated from them in previous wars. This goes down in history as the Sixth War of …

… importance Graaff-Reinet once held on the colonial frontier . Attributed to Charles Lennox Stretch, the building … in the Karoo. This remarkable town, lies on the western frontier of Eastern Cape province. It has bred many famous …