Slachter's Nek Rebellion

The Slachter's Nek Rebellion was an uprising by Boers in 1815 on the eastern border of the Cape Colony. The rebellion, which was small and local, was handled so badly that it acquired importance as an incident in the struggle of Afrikanerdom against British domination.

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).

External links

• Macmillian, William Miller (1970). The Road to Self-rule: A Study in Colonial Evolution. Ayer Publishing. pp. 296. ISBN 0836956087. http://books.google.co.za/books?id=kDY_hkghJ5MC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=%22Slagter's%2BNek%2BRebellion%22&source=web&ots=WtaGDSsCSi&sig=WIMOMIkfz9VX957OIZvajmmpr_A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result. 
• This Day in History

Further reading

• HCV LEIBBRANDT (ed.), The rebellion of 1815. Generally known as Slachtersnek. Cape Town, 1902
• GE CORY, The rise of South Africa, v.1. London, 1921
• CJ UYS, 'Slagtersnek: verdraaide beelde van 'n grusame gebeurtenis', Die Landstem, 28 November1964
• JA HEESE, 'Die Bezuidenhouts van SIagtersnek', Familia, 1965/6, no. 4.
• The rebellion of 1815, generally known as Slachters Nek. A complete collection of all the papers connected with the trial of the accused; with many important annexures (1902) at the Internet Archive