# History of South Africa from 1795 to 1872/Volume 1

History of South Africa
from 1795 to 1872
by
GEORGE M$^c$CALL THEAL, Litt.D., LL.D.
Foreign member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Amsterdam, corresponding member of the Royal Historical Sociaty, London, etc., etc., etc., formerly Keeper of the Archives of the Cape Colony
With Fifteen maps and charts
In five volumes
Vol. I
The Cape Colony from 1795 to 1828, the Zulu wars of devastation, and the formation of new Bantu communities
Fourth edition, carefully revised and enlarged
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.
Ruskin House40 Museum Street, W.C.
| First Edition | First Edition | … | June 1892 |
| Second | 〃 | … | April 1904 |
| Third | 〃 | … | Oct. 1908 |
| Fourth | 〃 | … | Nov. 1915 |
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Preface.
The preparation of a history of South Africa has occupied my almost undivided attention during the last fifty years. I kept it constantly in view while connected in different capacities with Bantu tribes, and while keeper of the archives of the Cape Colony and subsequently I have made the closest possible research among official documents of all kinds. Of printed books upon the country I have one of the best collections in existence, and though I have not made many extracts from them, they have often served me as guides. To the utmost of human ability I have striven to write without fear, favour, or prejudice, to do equal justice to all with whom I had to deal. I can, therefore, without laying myself open to the accusation of vanity, place my work confidently before the public as not alone the only detailed history of South Africa yet prepared, but as a true and absolutely unbiassed narrative.
George M. Theal.
Contents.
Chapter I.
Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone and Generals Alured Clarke and James Henry Craig, conjointly, commanders of the British forces, 16th September to 15th November 1795.
Major-General James Henry Craig, commandant of the town and settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, 15th November 1795 to 5th May 1797.
Chapter II.
George, Earl Macartney, Governor, installed 5th May 1797; retired 20th November 1798.
Chapter III.
Major-General Dundas, acting governor, 21st November 1798 to 9th December 1799.
Chapter IV.
Sir George Yonge, Governor, installed 10th December 1799, received letter of dismissal 20th April 1801.
Major-General Francis Dundas, acting governor, 20th April 1801 to 20th February 1803.
Chapter V.
Lieutenant-General Francis Dundas, acting governor, (continued).
Chapter VI.
Jacob Abraham de Mist, Commissioner-General, 21st February 1803 to 25th September 1804.
Lieutenant-General Jan Willem Janssens, Governor, installed 1st March 1803, capitulated to an English army 18th January 1806.
Chapter VII.
Commissioner-General De Mist and Governor J. W. Janssens, (continued).
Chapter VIII.
Commissioner-General De Mist and Governor J. W. Janssens, (continued).
Chapter IX.
Lieutenant-General Jan Willem Janssens, Governor, (continued).
Chapter X.
Major-General David Baird, acting governor, 10th January 1806 to 17th January 1807.
Lieutenant-General Henry George Grey, acting governor, 17th January to 21st May 1807.
Du Pré Alexander, Earl of Caledon, Governor, installed 22nd May 1807, retired 4th July 1811.
Chapter XI.
Du Pré Alexander, Earl of Caledon, Governor, (continued).
Lieutenant-General Henry George Grey, acting governor, 4th July to 5th September 1811.
Chapter XII.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Francis Cradock, Governor, installed 6th September 1811, retired 6th April 1814.
Chapter XIII.
Lieutenant-General Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor, installed 6th April 1814; embarked for England on leave of absence 18th January 1820.
Chapter XIV.
Lord Charles Henry Somerset (continued).
Chapter XV.
Dealings with the Xosas from 1813 to the close of the War of 1819.
Chapter XVI.
Major-General Sir Rufane Shawe Donkin, acting governor 12th January 1820 to 30th November 1821.
Chapter XVII.
General Lord Charles Henry Somerset, Governor, resumed duty 1st December 1821; embarked for England on leave of absence 5th March 1826.
Chapter XVIII.
Lord Charles Henry Somerset (continued).
Chapter XIX.
Terrible destruction of Bantu tribes during the early years of the nineteenth century.
Chapter XX.
Formation of new Bantu communities with which the Cape colonists had afterwards to deal.
Chapter XXI.
Major-General Richard Bourke, acting governor, 5th March 1826 to 9th September 1828
Charts.