1. Africa Under Colonial Rule
As the trekkers' expansion increased, they came into conflict with, first, the Khoi-khoi and later the Xhosa people into whose land they were encroaching. ... They defeated the Xhosa, and took 6 000 head of cattle which they divided themselves and other border farmers who had suffered losses during raids by the Xhosa. ... In a brutal battle against the Xhosa, which included the indiscriminate shooting of women and other civilians as well as destruction of crops, the Xhosa were driven from the Zulu-veldt. ... With the Xhosa defeated and stripped of their means of production and existen...
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