Josephine Butler, famous for her campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts, turns in 1900 to the South African war. She reviews the Transvaal’s treatment of its African population, the 1881 Convention, the protests of native chiefs and the appeal of King Khama, arguing that any peace must rest on justice to coloured as well as white people. Her case also reflects imperial assumptions of its moment.
A revealing voice in the bitter British debate over the Boer War and its African victims. Download the free EPUB.