Editing Philippolis (section)

==History==
The [[London Missionary Society]] founded Philippolis in 1823 as a [[mission (station)|mission station]] serving the local [[Griqua people]]. At first, the area was referred to as Southern Transorangia.<ref>{{cite book|title=New History of South Africa|last1=Giliomee|first1=Hermann|last2=Mbenga|first2=Bernard|publisher=Tafelberg|place=Cape Town|year=2007|page=143|isbn=9780624043591}}</ref>  The town takes its name from Dr [[John Philip (missionary)|John Philip]], who was the superintendent of the Society from 1819 to 1849. Adam Kok II, a [[Griqua people|Griqua]] leader, settled in Philippolis with his people in 1826 and became the protector of the mission station. Kok II and some of his followers moved to Philippolis from Griquatown (about 200&nbsp;km away) following conflict in the area.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mohamed|first=Adhikari|title=Genocide on settler frontiers: when hunter-gatherers and commercial stock farmers clash|publisher=UCT Press|date=2014|place=Cape Town|page=95}}</ref> When Adam Kok II was given possession of the mission station it was on condition that he promised to protect the [[San people|San]] against the aggression of the [[Boers]] and the [[London Missionary Society]] hoped that the [[Griqua people|Griqua]] would promote peace in the region.<ref>{{cite book|last=Theal|first=George McCall|title=History of the emigrant Boer in South Africa: Or the wanderings and wars of the emigrant farmers from their leaving cape Colony to the acknowledgement of their independence by Great Britain|publisher=Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.|date=1888|place=London|page=216}}</ref> However, Philippolis became a base from which a number of deadly commandos against the [[San people]] were organised within a year of the [[Griqua people|Griqua]] arrival. This violated the agreement made between the London Missionary Society and Adam Kok II{{sfn|Mohamed|2014|p=100}} and eventually the [[San people|San]] were driven out of the area. Kok's son, [[Adam Kok III]] and his followers later migrated across the [[Drakensberg]] mountains to settle in [[Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal|Kokstad]] in [[Griqualand East]].