Cory Library and Historical Archives

Grave of Hottentot victim of the Axe War, 1846

Item

Unattributed, “Grave of Hottentot victim of the Axe War, 1846”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13408

Title

Grave of Hottentot victim of the Axe War, 1846

Creator

Unattributed

Description

The gravestone is engraved: “Hottentot Victim of the [picture of an axe] war 1846”. On the back of the image is a note reading: “T Mackenzie Kingston House SMT”.

Subject

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

Type

Image

Format

jpg

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10962/22039

Location - Physical Location

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

Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator

PIC/M 356

useGuidelines

In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za

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, “Grave of Hottentot victim of the Axe War, 1846”, Cory Library and Historical Archives, accessed 29 December 2025, https://digitalarchives.ru.ac.za/s/cory/item/13408