Cape Colony · Colonial observer
A History of the Great Boer Trek and the Origin of the South African Republics
Henry Cloete, 1899
Summary
Judge Henry Cloete was appointed by the British government to negotiate with the Voortrekkers in Natal in 1843. His published lectures combine personal eyewitness testimony with a broader narrative of the Great Trek and the founding of the Boer Republics — a rare source that straddles British official and Boer perspectives.
Topics
Great Trek, Voortrekkers, Natal, Boer Republics, Orange Free State, Transvaal
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- Henry Cloete
- Year
- 1899
- Language(s)
- English
- Period
- Cape Colony
- Perspective
- Colonial observer
- Access
- Full view