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… a home for runaway slaves and Blacks discharged from the British Army. In 1808 the coastal zone was colonized by the British, and in 1896 the British proclaimed a protectorate inland . Through the …

… of trade. [i] European colonisation of Africa included British occupation of parts of East Africa, including Kenya … settlers. The 1950’s saw the dawn of a rebellion against British rule Although this uprising was unsuccessful, it … control of this region was gradually transferred to the British Empire, aside from a small coastal strip that …

… the title of world record holder. The Rand Daily Mail, a British Newspaper advised Budd to apply for British citizenship on the grounds that her father was British. As a British citizen, Budd could then compete …

… Cetshwayo had been exiled to the Cape Colony by the British and was released in 1882 after a campaign run by the … state of unrest following conflicts between the Zulus and British. This was precipitated when the British divided the Zulu Kingdom into 11 chiefdoms, some …

… War 2 started with an attack by General Louis Botha on the British forces under General Smith-Dorrien. Botha's main aim … The Boer commando suffered about eighty casualties and the British seventy-five. About 300 horses of the British force were killed or stampeded. Despite heavy losses …

… vineyard, Welvanpas, in what became the Cape Colony under British rule. At the age of 27 he left for Stellenbosch, but … many Afrikaners were growing increasingly disgruntled with British rule at the Cape Colony. This led to Retief … raids by the Xhosa on the Cape Frontier, from which the British government provided no protection or compensation. In …

… 1905, and to settle in February 1906, they retained their British country estate, Tylney Hall, and continued to visit … like Robert Weir Schultz (who worked on the Phillipses’ British country home, Tylney Hall), were associated with the … sector to which the Phillipses belonged, that of the British South African imperialists. In Cape Town he was …

… Boer property. Immigrant miners were enraged and a former British sailor called Stafford Parker organised his fellow … Republic and by December of the same year about 10 000 British Settlers made their home in the new Republic. Parker … West.' On the 5th of August 1879 it became a separate British Crown Colony. However, this did not settle the …

… David Lloyd George stated in the British House of Commons that as many as 30 000 armed Blacks were at that stage employed in the British army during the Second Anglo Boer War. Although theoretically both the Boer and the British sides were opposed to using armed Blacks in the war, …

… the acculturation of indigenous Australian children by the British officials Image Source Essay Question To what extent … policies impacted on the Aboriginal people of Australia. British colonisation and occupation of Australia After the British colonised Australia in the 18th century, the first …

… what is now known as Mali. The Gambia was part of a large British colony known as the Province of Senegambia with … was St. Louis on the River Senegal. It was the first British colony in Africa. In 1779 the French captured the Senegal part of the region and the British agreed to base their trade around Bathurst and First …

… was erected during the South African Boer War by the British Military, under the guidance of Major-General G Barton, who commanded British forces in this Area in 1901. Known in its time as … differs substantially from other blockhouses built by the British elsewhere in Southern Africa, and formed part of a …

… than give them the right to vote. Indirect rule was a British concept where traditional leaders became agents of … to work for the colonial government constituted by the British. The traditional authorities were acknowledged and …

… of the world caused several wars. In 1812 American and British forces clashed over Canada and its rich resources. …

… sent to South Africa in 1900 to serve as a medic for the British troops during the Second Anglo Boer War. In 1902, … which responded to all the charges levelled against the British for their conduct during the war. Doyle defended the British position in the pamphlet, and this work became so …

… and the baTlokwa, a Sotho-speaking group who joined the British invasion of KwaZulu in 1879, and in consequence were … the Pedi chieftainship in 1861, and who, under the British administration of the Transvaal, had acted as chief … conscious of its newly-won independence from the British, was determine to exercise its authority over the …

… back in the headlines. The camps were established by the British as part of their military campaign against two small … is back in the news following controversial comments by British Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg on a BBC television … city as 21 per 1000 per annum in 1901. Inside one of the British concentration camps. Photographical Collection …

… July 1900. After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British forces found themselves in command of most strategic … De la Rey launched a three-pronged attack on the small British force commanded by Colonel HR Roberts. De la Rey … of 200 men to scale both shoulders of the pass, where the British had placed small pick­ets. The burghers surrounded …

… during the Second Anglo Boer War , reported to the British government that she found 2 000 women and children in shocking circumstances in the British concentration camp at Bloemfontein. The British government was unsympathetic to the plight of the …

… that were attempting to repulse a combined invasion by British and South African troops. During the attack on the … naval base, the Japanese managed to severely damage the British warship Ramillies and sink the oil tanker British Loyalty. It was feared that Japan would overrun all …

… D'Urban was born in Suffolk, England and joined the British Army in 1793.  He soon rose to prominence, serving in … he became the governor of Antigua in 1819, as well as British Guiana in 1831. On 16 January 1834, D'Urban assumed … In 1842, D'Urban was appointed as the commander of the British forces in British North America (Canada) and remained …

… nations for independence, the backdrop set against one of British greed for gold in The South African Republic … The Boer’s boldly fighting against the odds against a British Imperialist invasion and then having to endure the … by what some now regard as a Nazi styled system of British ‘concentration camps’ which murdered their women and …

… emissaries as far south as the maXhosa. That is why the British feared him. His policy was known to them, largely … he had to fall before the more complex organisation of the British with its skillfully devised strategy and varied … Into this scene step first the missionaries, the agents of British interests. Later come the Trek Boers, those elements …

… commonly known as Somalia, was formed out of former British and Italian territories, with Mogadishu as capital … Osman Daar as its first president. Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland, situated on the eastern coast of Africa … independence in 1960. The same development took place in British Somaliland when Britain ended its protectorate in …

… of their liberties as civilised subjects in the British Empire. What other sensations but those of pain and … South Africa. But unfortunately a wide departure from British tradition has taken place in the Transvaal and Orange … the war. We often found our position unbearable, but the British Agent was always ready to listen to our grievances, …

… of their liberties as civilised subjects in the British Empire. What other sensations but those of pain and … South Africa. But unfortunately a wide departure from British tradition has taken place in the Transvaal and Orange … the war. We often found our position unbearable, but the British Agent was always ready to listen to our grievances, …

… On 11 June, 1900, Boer commandos and British forces clashed at Donkerhoek (Diamond Hill) during … battle came after General Lord Roberts, Commander of the British forces met with no resistance when they entered … victories at the battle of Biddulphsberg. Subsequently, a British Garrison was forced to surrender at Lindley. The war …

… by the Boer forces. A wounded Methuen and more than 870 British soldiers were captured, while sixty-eight had been … wounded. Eleven armed Blacks, fighting on the side of the British and responsible for misconduct at the farmhouse, were … Click here to go to the Classroom lesson 'Resisting British Control'.Click here to read about Black involvement …

… was not given recognition by the Barolong Boo Ratshidi and British government. The declaration prompted the British government to send close to 5000 troops to annex the territory as British Bechuanaland. Today, the Republic of Goshen is within …

… in 1980, Southern-Rhodesia gained independence from the British, taking the name Zimbabwe. The day marked the end of … that Zimbabwe was a colony, it was administered by the British South African Company (BSAC) under the name Rhodesia … Rhodesia. Both administrative systems were under the British monarchy. In 1965, Zimbabwe became autonomous and was …