Pioneer Column expedition

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colonial military expedition settler expedition

The Pioneer Column expedition was an 1890 British colonial venture that led a force of settlers and police north from South Africa to occupy and establish white rule over what became Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pioneer Column	4
Pioneer Column expedition canonical	1
Pioneer Column occupation	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial military expedition ⓘ settler expedition ⓘ
affectedPolity	Kingdom of Matabele ⓘ surface form: Ndebele Kingdom
aim	to establish white minority rule ⓘ to occupy Mashonaland ⓘ to secure territory for the British South Africa Company ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ surface form: Pioneer Column
authorizedBy	Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
colonialPower	British Empire ⓘ
commander	Frank Johnson ⓘ
conflictType	non-conventional occupation without pitched battle during the march ⓘ
consequence	dispossession of African landholders ⓘ imposition of British South Africa Company administration ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfOccupationOfSalisbury	1890-09-12 ⓘ
destination	Mashonaland region ⓘ surface form: Mashonaland territory that became Southern Rhodesia ⓘ
endDate	1890-09-13 ⓘ
flagRaisedAt	Salisbury ⓘ
flagRaisedDate	1890-09-13 ⓘ
foundedSettlement	Fort Charter ⓘ Fort Victoria ⓘ Salisbury ⓘ
hasParticipant	Pioneers (Rhodesian settlers) ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
involved	British South Africa Company forces ⓘ surface form: British South Africa Company Police civilian settlers ⓘ
leader	Frank Johnson ⓘ
legacy	central to colonial mythology in Rhodesia ⓘ contested memory in modern Zimbabwe ⓘ
legalBasisClaimed	Rudd Concession ⓘ
location	Southern Africa ⓘ
militaryCommander	Major P. W. Forbes ⓘ
numberOfSettlers	about 200 ⓘ
numberOfTroops	about 500 ⓘ
opposedBy	Lobengula ⓘ
organizedBy	British South Africa Company ⓘ
partOf	History of Zimbabwe ⓘ surface form: British colonisation of Zimbabwe Scramble for Africa ⓘ
pointOfDeparture	Macloutsie, Bechuanaland ⓘ
politicalLeader	Cecil Rhodes ⓘ
presentDayLocation	Zimbabwe ⓘ
result	establishment of colonial rule in Southern Rhodesia ⓘ founding of Salisbury ⓘ
route	from Bechuanaland through Matabeleland to Mashonaland ⓘ
startDate	1890-07-01 ⓘ
transportUsed	ox-wagons ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British South Africa Company → organizedEvent → Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ

Salisbury → foundedBy → Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pioneer Column

Pioneer Column expedition → alsoKnownAs → Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pioneer Column

became capital of Southern Rhodesia in 1890s → foundedBy → Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ

subject surface form: Salisbury

this entity surface form: Pioneer Column

Rudd Concession → followedBy → Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pioneer Column occupation

British South Africa Company forces → hasPart → Pioneer Column expedition ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pioneer Column