Picture No | 10111474 |
Date | 1815 |
Description | SLACHTER'S NEK EXECUTION |
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Five Boer rebels against British rule in South Africa are hanged amid scenes of unrest at Slachter's Nek (Butcher's Ridge); the scaffold breaks under their weight.
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Source | Illustration by R Caton Woodville, 1897, in Harper's Monthly, June 1897, page 103 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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