BSAC police

E918090

colonial police force law enforcement agency military unit paramilitary security force

The BSAC police were the paramilitary security force of the British South Africa Company, used to enforce colonial control and suppress resistance in southern Africa in the late 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
BSAC police canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial police force ⓘ law enforcement agency ⓘ military unit ⓘ paramilitary security force ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Mashonaland NERFINISHED ⓘ Matabeleland NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
armedForceType	mounted police ⓘ rifle-armed infantry ⓘ
conflict	First Matabele War NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Matabele War NERFINISHED ⓘ Shona uprisings NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	British South Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved	early 20th century ⓘ
employer	British South Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicComposition	primarily white settlers ⓘ some African auxiliaries ⓘ
followedBy	British South Africa Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Rhodesia Police NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	earlier ad hoc settler militias ⓘ
foundedBy	British South Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	consolidation of colonial rule in Rhodesia ⓘ facilitation of settler expansion ⓘ suppression of African resistance ⓘ
hasRole	enforcing colonial control ⓘ frontier policing ⓘ maintaining order in company territories ⓘ participating in military campaigns ⓘ protecting company interests ⓘ supporting colonial administration ⓘ suppressing resistance ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bulawayo NERFINISHED ⓘ Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	late 19th century ⓘ
legalStatus	chartered company force ⓘ
location	Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Frederick Carrington NERFINISHED ⓘ Leander Starr Jameson NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	British South Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British South Africa Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	occupation of Mashonaland ⓘ occupation of Matabeleland ⓘ participation in the Jameson Raid ⓘ
usedBy	British South Africa Company officials ⓘ British colonial authorities NERFINISHED ⓘ

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First Matabele War → opponent → BSAC police ⓘ