AT THE FRONTIER | A history worth exploring
In 1797, Sir John Barrow came to the Cape Colony as private secretary to the British governor Lord Macartney on an important and delicate mission.
Barrow’s mission was to negotiate peace between the Boers and the indigenous people, and to report on the state of the interior. In 1797, he met with the chieftain of the amaXhosa, Ngqika...
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