griqualand east
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Griqualand East
Griqualand East (Great Britain)
Establishment
January 1863: A group of Griquas who had left the Cape of Good Hope in the 18th century, and had settled in the area around present-day Philippolis in 1826 faced the prospect of their area coming under the control of the emerging Orange Free State. Therefore they founded the independent state of Griqualand East in the are of modern-day Kokstad.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 1875: The territory of eastern Griqualand was occupied by the British Empire and became a colony in 1874, shortly before the death of its founder and only leader, Adam Kok III.
September 1879: In 1877 the Cape Parliament passed the Griqualand East Annexation Act (Act 38 of 1877). The act was only promulgated two years later on 17 September 1879, when four magistrates were set up, at Kokstad, Matatiele, Mount Frere and Umzimkulu. .
Disestablishment
September 1879: In 1877 the Cape Parliament passed the Griqualand East Annexation Act (Act 38 of 1877). The act was only promulgated two years later on 17 September 1879, when four magistrates were set up, at Kokstad, Matatiele, Mount Frere and Umzimkulu. .
