Boers Captured At Zwartkopjes, 1845

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Boers Captured At Zwartkopjes, 1845

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British Library

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Boer prisoners captured at Zwartkopjes. In 1843, the British signed treaties with Moshoeshoe, a Basotho king and Adam Kok III, the Griqua chief, to keep a check on the Boers and to protect both the natives and Cape Colony. These treaties gave great offense to the Boers, who refused to acknowledge the sovereignty of the native chiefs. The majority of the Boer farmers in Kok's territory sent a deputation to the British commissioner in Natal, Henry Cloete, asking for equal treatment with the Griquas, and expressing the desire to come under British protection under such terms. Shortly afterwards hostilities between the farmers and the Griquas broke out. British troops moved up to support the Griquas, and after a skirmish at Zwartkopjes (May 2, 1845) a new arrangement was made between Kok and Peregrine Maitland, then governor of Cape Colony, virtually placing the administration of his territory in the hands of a British resident. Image taken from page 241 With a Show through Southern Africa by Charles Duval, 1885.

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