The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa: The Kat River Settlement, 1829-1856

by Robert Ross

Book Overview

This book provides a detailed narrative of the Kat River Settlement in the Eastern Cape of South Africa during the nineteenth century. The settlement was created by the British to use the Khoekhoe as a living barrier between the Cape Colony and the amaXhosa. It was fought over with some regularity, however, and finally broken up after some of the Khoekhoe joined the amaXhosa in their war against the colony. Nevertheless, in the time that the settlement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107616573
• ISBN13: 9781107616578
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"