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Black Soldiers of the Queen
P.S. Thompson
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Description for Black Soldiers of the Queen
Paperback. Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. This book presents an account of Britain's black allies in the Anglo-Zulu War. Num Pages: 188 pages, 17 illustrations, 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 3JH; HBJH; HBLL; HBW; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 649.
Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. The British force totaled some 16,800 men, at least 9,000 of whom were Africans. Of these a few, perhaps as many as 1,000, were dissident Zulus...The bulk of the large African component, however, was comprised of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), men recruited from Africans resident in Natal. This is the force whose story Thompson told in a 1997 edition [and he] has produced a revised and expanded ... Read more
Black Africans made up more than half of the British army that invaded Zululand in January of 1879 and went on to fight the storied battles of Isandlwana, Rorke's Drift, and Ulundi. The British force totaled some 16,800 men, at least 9,000 of whom were Africans. Of these a few, perhaps as many as 1,000, were dissident Zulus...The bulk of the large African component, however, was comprised of the Natal Native Contingent (NNC), men recruited from Africans resident in Natal. This is the force whose story Thompson told in a 1997 edition [and he] has produced a revised and expanded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
188
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817353681
SKU
V9780817353681
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About P.S. Thompson
P. S. Thompson is retired Associate Professor of History at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and the author, with John P. C. Laband, of The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War.
Reviews for Black Soldiers of the Queen
In addition to providing an account from the contingent's perspective of NNC participation in the epic battle of Isandlwana, Thompson has recounted their service over the whole scope of the war.... His account is based on a rich selection of contemporary primary sources: diaries, journals, letters, memoirs, government documents. This extensive research has enabled the author to conclude that the ... Read more