Cape Colony · Missionary advocate
Austral Africa: Losing It or Ruling It
John Mackenzie, 1887
Summary
Mackenzie's political work arguing for direct British protectorate rule over Bechuanaland, written amid Boer expansion northward. A crucial source for understanding the competition between British imperialism, Boer settler expansion, and indigenous Tswana interests in the 1880s, which led to the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Topics
Bechuanaland, Tswana, British policy, Transvaal, Land, Missionaries
Bibliographic Information
- Author
- John Mackenzie
- Year
- 1887
- Language(s)
- English
- Period
- Cape Colony
- Perspective
- Missionary advocate
- Access
- Full view