Depiction of a Zulu attack on a Boer camp in February 1838. The Weenen Massacre was the massacre of Voortrekkers by the Zulu

Boer-Zulu War 1838
Date: 
17 February 1838
Collection: 
Campbell Collections
Creator: 
unknown
Contributor: 
unknown
Resource Type: 
Photographs
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
KwaZulu-Natal
Resource Identifier: 
KCB11556
File Type: 
Picture
Extent: 
1
Publisher: 
unknown
Rights Holder: 
Campbell Collections

The Weenen massacre (Afrikaans: Bloukransmoorde) was the massacre of Khoikhoi, Basuto and Voortrekkers by the Zulu Kingdom on 17 February 1838. The massacres occurred at Doringkop, Bloukrans River, Moordspruit, Rensburgspruit and other sites around the present day town of Weenen in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province.[1

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On: Monday, March 20, 2023 - 11:03