Grenzkriege
The cathedral was the religious center of the community of Grahamstown. "Graham's Town" was originally a military outpost on the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony. It was founded by Colonel John Graham. The British campaign to push the amaXhosa residents from the Eastern frontier was defined by Graham's plan to use "A proper degree of terror." A number of the battles of the Xhosa Wars were centred around Grahamstown.