The Palgrave Commission was a series of diplomatic missions undertaken by Special Commissioner William Coates Palgrave to the territory of South West Africa. Palgrave was commissioned by the Cape Gove
Early drawing of a camp of Basters or Oorlams, from the Cape frontier.
1872 photograph of the Baster Council. The book on the table is the Baster constitution.
Maharero, the powerful Herero leader, sought to preempt a Boer invasion.
Jan Jonker Afrikaner, warlord and powerful leader of the Afrikaans-speaking Oorlam people.