Xhosa Wars

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The Xhosa Wars were a series of 19th-century frontier conflicts in South Africa between the Xhosa peoples and European colonial powers, primarily the British, over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Xhosa Wars ⓘ
surface form: Cape Frontier Wars

Xhosa Wars ⓘ
surface form: Kaffir Wars
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
endTime 1879 ⓘ
firstWarEnd 1781 ⓘ
firstWarStart 1779 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
impact dispossession of African land ⓘ
entrenchment of colonial boundaries ⓘ
militarization of the Eastern Cape frontier ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup Gcaleka Xhosa ⓘ
Mfengu ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
surface form: Ngqika Xhosa

Thembu ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources English ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
lastWarEnd 1879 ⓘ
lastWarStart 1877 ⓘ
locatedIn Cape Colony ⓘ
Eastern Cape ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
mainParticipants Voortrekkers ⓘ
surface form: Boer settlers

British Empire ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
notableLeader Benjamin d’Urban ⓘ
Harry Smith ⓘ
Hintsa kaKhawuta ⓘ
Sandile kaNgqika ⓘ
Sarhili kaHintsa ⓘ
notableWar Eighth Frontier War ⓘ
Ninth Frontier War ⓘ
Seventh Frontier War ⓘ
Sixth Frontier War ⓘ
numberOfConflicts 9 ⓘ
opposingForce British colonial authorities ⓘ
Xhosa chiefdoms ⓘ
partOf British colonial expansion in Southern Africa ⓘ
history of South Africa ⓘ
primaryCause frontier expansion ⓘ
land disputes ⓘ
political control ⓘ
relatedEvent Great Cattle Killing of 1856–1857 ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
annexation of Xhosa lands ⓘ
extension of British rule in Eastern Cape ⓘ
startTime 1779 ⓘ

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Referenced by (34)

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

Xhosa polities → involvedIn → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Xhosa Wars → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Xhosa Wars → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaffir Wars
Gcaleka polity → involvedIn → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa frontier conflicts
Frontier Wars → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Frontier Wars → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Xhosa people → historicalConflict → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Xhosa people → historicalConflict → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Khoikhoi–Dutch conflicts at the Cape → relatedTo → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape frontier wars
Redvers Buller → conflict → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: 9th Xhosa War
Ncome Museum → relatedTo → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African frontier conflicts
Fort Beaufort → conflictInvolved → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Sixth Frontier War → partOf → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Sixth Frontier War → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sixth Xhosa War
Harry Smith → participatedIn → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Harry Smith → conflict → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Mfengu → historicalEvent → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Mfengu → associatedWith → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
eastern frontier of the Cape Colony → conflict → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Seventh Frontier War → partOf → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Seventh Frontier War → partOf → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Seventh Frontier War → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seventh Xhosa War
Eighth Frontier War → partOf → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Eighth Frontier War → opponent → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa forces
Eighth Frontier War → relatedTo → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cape Frontier Wars
Eighth Frontier War → relatedTo → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Ninth Frontier War → partOf → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
Ninth Frontier War → hasOpposingForce → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xhosa forces
Ninth Frontier War → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ninth Xhosa War
Ninth Frontier War → alsoKnownAs → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fengu–Gcaleka War
Xhosa cattle-killing movement → historicalContext → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frontier Wars between Xhosa and British
Laing's Nek → usedDuring → Xhosa Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Boer frontier conflicts