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British Cape Colony
Cape colonial frontier and imperial administration.
Parent: British / imperial
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Events
1799–1803Third Frontier War1 November 1809Caledon Code promulgated1811–1812Fourth Frontier War6 August 1813Cape loan places become eligible for perpetual quitrent1818–1819Fifth Frontier War and the attack on Grahamstown22 April 1819Makhanda (Nxele) leads the attack on Grahamstown18201820 British settlers arrive in the eastern Cape1828Ordinance 50 repeals key Khoikhoi labour restrictions1829Kat River Settlement established1834–1835Sixth Frontier War1 December 1834Slavery abolished in the Cape1835Hintsa killed during the Sixth Frontier War1835–1840The Great Trek1846–1847Seventh Frontier War (War of the Axe)1850–1853Eighth Frontier War1856–1857Xhosa Cattle-Killing1877–1878Ninth Frontier War1894Glen Grey Act