Slachter's Nek Rebellion

Slachter's Nek Rebellion
Date 1815 Standort Cape Colony Result Revolt suppressed
Belligerents
Boer Rebels	Vereinigtes Königreich
Commanders and leaders
Johannes Bezuidenhout †	Jacob Cuyler
Strength
~200	~300
Casualties and losses
5 executed	none

The Slachter's Nek Rebellion was an uprising by Boers in 1815 on the eastern border of the Cape Colony. The revolt was sparked by the controversial killing of Frederick Cornelius Bezuidenhout by a Cape police detachment. It has acquired special significance among contemporary South African historians as the beginning of Afrikaner struggle against British colonial rule.

Slachter's Nek is the Dutch spelling. In Afrikaans the spelling is Slagtersnek. In both languages, the name translates to Butcher's Neck (Nek is used in several Afrikaans place names).

Names of accused

• Hendrik Frederik Prinslo,
• Nicolaas Balthazar Prinslo, Mart^s-son,
• Wiilem Jacobus Prinslo, W^m-son,
• Nicolaas Prinslo, W^m-son,
• Wiilem Prinslo, N^s-son,
• Johannes Prinslo, M.son,
• Willem Krugel,
• Hendrik van der Nes,
• Cornelis van der Nes,
• Stoffel Rudolph Botha,
• Wiilem Adriaan Nel,
• Thomas Andries Dreyer,
• Johannes Bronkhorst,
• Hendrik Petrus Klopper,
• Jacobus Klopper, and
• Petrus Laurens Erasmus
• Joachim Johaunes Prinslo and
• Johannes Frederik Botha.
• Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo
• Nicolaas Balthazar Prinsloo. He takes part in the Great Trek and was murdered with the van Rensburg trek party at Djindispruit, Limpopo River, Mozambique at the end of July 1836.

References

• de Villiers, Christoffel Coetzee; Pama, C. (1966). Geslagsregisters van die ou Kaapse families [Genealogies of old South African families] (in Afrikaans). Vol. Vol II M-Z. Balkema. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Leibbrandt, H. C. V., ed. (1902). The rebellion of 1815, generally known as Slachters Nek. Cape Town: J. C. Juta & Co. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Macmillan, William Miller (1970). The Road to Self-rule: A Study in Colonial Evolution. Ayer Publishing. p. 296. ISBN 0-8369-5608-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Patterson, Sheila (2004). The Last Trek: A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-32999-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Potgieter, Dirk Jacobus, ed. (1971). Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa. Human Sciences Research Council. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
• Visagie, Jan C. (2000). Voortrekkerstamouers, 1835-1845 [Voortrekker progenitors, 1835-1845] (in Afrikaans). Pretoria: Universiteit von Suid-Africa. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Further reading

• Cory, Sir George (1910). The Rise of South Africa: A History of the Origin of South African Colonisation and of Its Development Towards the East from the Earliest Times to 1857. Vol. Volume 1. Longmans, Green. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Uys, C.J. (28 November 1964). "Slagtersnek: verdraaide beelde van 'n grusame gebeurtenis" [Slagtersnek: twisted images of a gruesome event]. Die Landstem (in Afrikaans).
• Heese, J.A. (1965). "Die Bezuidenhouts van Slagtersnek" [The Bezuidenhouts of Slagtersnek]. Familia (in Afrikaans) (4).

External links

• This Day in History