CHAPTER XI

THE BRITISH IN AFRICA, II

(_South and South-Central_)

Great Britain’s seizure of the Cape of Good Hope—Permanent establishment there—Abolition of slavery—Dutch grievances—Kaffir Wars—Lord Glenelg and intervention of Downing Street—Boer Treks—Responsible government in Cape Colony—Kaffir delusions as to expected resurrection of their forefathers and expulsion of English—St Helena, Ascension and Tristan d’Acunha—Discovery of diamonds in Grikwaland—Notable Jewish pioneers in South Africa—History of Natal—Kuli labour and Indian immigration—Delagoa Bay arbitration—Damaraland—Origin of German entrance into South African sphere—Walfish Bay—Bechuanaland—Zambezia—Nyasaland—British Central Africa—The African Lakes Co.—African Trans-continental Telegraph—South African federation—The Transvaal—Sir Bartle Frere—Zululand and the Zulu War—Boer revolt—Rhodes and Rhodesia—Matebele Wars and Dr Jameson—Kruger and the Drifts—Jameson Raid—Viscount Milner—The War of 1899-1902—Peace and Chinese Labour—The Union of South Africa—The Basuto and Native Question—Mauritius and the Seychelles 254