Cape Frontier Wars

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:book_series
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Xhosa_Wars
gptkbp:cause colonial expansion
land disputes
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Xhosa_people
gptkb:Boers
gptkb:Khoikhoi
Dutch settlers
gptkbp:endDate 1879
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cape Frontier Wars
gptkbp:location gptkb:Eastern_Cape,_South_Africa
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Ninth_Frontier_War_(1877–1879)
Battle of Grahamstown
Eighth Frontier War (1850–1853)
gptkbp:numberOfWars nine
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Xhosa_people
history of South Africa
colonialism in Africa
Boer settlers
gptkbp:result British colonial control expanded
Xhosa land loss
gptkbp:significance major resistance to colonial rule in southern Africa
shaped South African frontier society
gptkbp:startDate 1779
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Xhosa_Wars
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6