A campaign of #genocide against the #Xhosa people began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1852. British troops marched through the eastern edges of #CapeColony, burning all crops & settlements, and seizing the animals. Its goal was starvation as a tool of conquest. Fuck the #BritishEmpire.
1854, as Governor of Newfoundland from 1855 to 1857, as Governor of Jamaica from 1857 to 1863, and as the 3rd Governor of Victoria from 1863 to 1866. #OTD #history #barbados #windwardislands #stlucia #capecolony #southafrica #newfoundland #nlpoli #jamaica #vicpol #vicpolitics #politics
The only genocide against whites in #SouthAfrica was by another white group and began #ThisDayInHistory in 1900 when #Kitchener arrived in #CapeColony to suppress #Afrikaner resistance to British rule. 160,000 were placed in #ConcentrationCamps and a sixth of the population died.
from 1861 to 1862. #OTD #history #nzpol #nzpolitics #newulster #capecolony #southafrica #politics
of Cape Colony from 1881 to 1889, and from 1895 to 1897, and as Acting Governor of British Mauritius in 1886. #OTD #history #montserrat #stkitts #hongkong #ceylon #srilanka #nswpol #nswpolitics #fiji #nzpol #nzpolitics #southafrica #capecolony #mauritius #ukpol #ukpolitics #politics
#OnThisDay April 6, 1652: Jan van Riebeeck established the Cape Colony in South Africa, marking the beginning of European settlement in the region. This moment shaped the history of South Africa profoundly. 🌍 #HistoryMatters #CapeColony
✨ #TrésorDuMois ✨
🔹Cape Colony for the settler : an account of its urban and rural industries, their probable future development and extension / A. R. E. Burton, 1903
#capecolony #colonieducap #afriquedusud #burton
