MALABOCH: or NOTES FROM MY DIARY OF THE BOER CAMPAIGN OF 1894 AGAINST THE CHIEF MALABOCH OF BLAAUWBERG, DISTRICT ZOUTPANSBERG, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Rev Colin Ray, late Chaplain to the Malaboch Forces

ISBN 10: 1843424509 / ISBN 13: 9781843424505

Published by Naval and Military Press, 2009

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SB xix+248pp 2003 N&MP Reprint of 1898 Original Edition This detailed account by a British cleric is the standard work on the little-known Boer Campaign of 1894. to oust the Chief Malabochâ s tribe from their homeland in the North Transvaal. The campaign was touched off by the refusal of Malboch to pay taxes to the Transvaal, in lieu of which he scornfully presented â ninw muiserable bullocksâ to the commissioners who were sent to collect his dues. A military drive was launched against him, which succeeded in its objectives. Malaboch himself was captured alive and imprisoned in Pretoria jail. Replete with racist attitudes and terminology this account is unmissable to all interested in the history of black and white relations in South Africa.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MALABOCH: or NOTES FROM MY DIARY OF THE BOER CAMPAIGN OF 1894 AGAINST THE CHIEF MALABOCH OF BLAAUWBERG, DISTRICT ZOUTPANSBERG, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• Publisher: Naval and Military Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843424509
• ISBN 13: 9781843424505
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
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  • Military History

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This detailed account by a British cleric is the standard work on the little-known Boer Campaign of 1894. to oust the Chief Malaboch’s tribe from their homeland in the North Transvaal. The campaign was touched off by the refusal of Malboch to pay taxes to the Transvaal, in lieu of which he scornfully presented ‘ninw muiserable bullocks’ to the commissioners who were sent to collect his dues. A military drive was launched against him, which succeeded in its objectives. Malaboch himself was captured alive and imprisoned in Pretoria jail. Replete with racist attitudes and terminology this account is unmissable to all interested in the history of black and white relations in South Africa.