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A Hottentot Victim of the War of the Axe

Item

Unattributed, “A Hottentot Victim of the War of the Axe”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13398

Title

A Hottentot Victim of the War of the Axe

Creator

Unattributed

Description

Gravestone with the words “Hottentot victim of the [drawing of an axe] war 1846” engraved on it. Note on the back: “A Hottentot victim of the war of the axe 1846 45".

Subject

South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878

Type

Image

Format

jpg

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/20566

Location - Physical Location

Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/M 278

useGuidelines

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Item sets

The Frontier Wars

Cory Library's miscellaneous images

Media

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Hierarchies

The Frontier Collection

• The 1820-Settlers (32 items)
• The Frontier Wars (92 items)
• The Development of Settler Towns (468 items)
  • Alice (40 items)
  • Bathurst (16 items)
  • Bedford (3 items)
  • Cathcart (5 items)
  • Cradock (200 items)
  • East London (22 items)
  • Grahamstown (91 items)
  • King William's Town (32 items)
  • Port Alfred (19 items)
  • Port Elizabeth (34 items)
  • Queenstown (6 items)

Unattributed, “A Hottentot Victim of the War of the Axe”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 28 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13398