Frontier Wars

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19th-century conflict colonial conflict series of wars

The Frontier Wars were a series of 19th-century conflicts in South Africa between expanding European colonial powers and indigenous Xhosa communities over land and political control in the Eastern Cape region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Frontier Wars canonical	6
First Frontier War	1
Second Frontier War	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century conflict ⓘ colonial conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Xhosa Wars ⓘ surface form: Cape Frontier Wars Xhosa Wars ⓘ
category	Conflicts in 19th-century Africa ⓘ Wars involving South Africa ⓘ Wars involving the United Kingdom ⓘ Xhosa history ⓘ
conflictBetween	European colonial powers ⓘ Xhosa people ⓘ surface form: Xhosa communities
conflictType	colonial–indigenous war ⓘ frontier conflict ⓘ
earliestConflictApproximateStart	late 18th century ⓘ
endCentury	19th century ⓘ
historicalContext	expansion of the Cape frontier ⓘ transition from Dutch to British rule at the Cape ⓘ
impact	entrenchment of racialized land ownership patterns ⓘ forced removals of African communities ⓘ militarization of the Eastern Cape frontier ⓘ
involvedColonialPower	Dutch-descended settlers (Boers) in earlier phases ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup	Khoikhoi ⓘ surface form: Khoikhoi auxiliaries Xhosa ⓘ
latestConflictApproximateEnd	late 19th century ⓘ
location	Eastern Cape ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
mainBelligerent	British Empire ⓘ Cape Colony ⓘ Xhosa people ⓘ surface form: Xhosa peoples
mainIndigenousGroup	Xhosa ⓘ
mainIssue	control of agricultural land ⓘ control of grazing land ⓘ sovereignty over Eastern Cape region ⓘ
partOf	history of British colonialism in Africa ⓘ history of South Africa ⓘ
primaryCause	land disputes ⓘ political control ⓘ territorial expansion of European settlers ⓘ
region	eastern frontier of the Cape Colony ⓘ
relatedTo	British imperial expansion ⓘ settler–indigenous conflicts ⓘ
result	dispossession of Xhosa communities ⓘ expansion of colonial control over Xhosa lands ⓘ incorporation of Xhosa territories into colonial structures ⓘ
startCentury	18th century ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Cape Colony ⓘ frontier zone between Cape Colony and Xhosa territories ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Xhosa polities → involvedIn → Frontier Wars ⓘ

Sarhili kaHintsa → conflict → Frontier Wars ⓘ

Hintsa kaKhawuta → conflict → Frontier Wars ⓘ

House of Phalo → historicalEvent → Frontier Wars ⓘ

eastern frontier of the Cape Colony → conflict → Frontier Wars ⓘ

eastern frontier of the Cape Colony → significantEvent → Frontier Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Frontier War

eastern frontier of the Cape Colony → significantEvent → Frontier Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Frontier War

Gcaleka Xhosa → historicalEventInvolvement → Frontier Wars ⓘ