Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Farawa a tsakiyar 1870s duk da haka, Ofishin Koloni na Biritaniya ya zama mai sha'awar samun iko kai tsaye na Cape, musamman don manufar tura wani shirin da ba shi da kyau don haɗa sauran ƙasashen Afirka na Afirka, da kuma sanya tsarin tarayya a kan jihohi daban-daban na kudancin Afirka. Wannan sa hannu ya haifar da rikice-rikice a duk yankin, wanda ya ƙare a Yaƙin Xhosa na 9.
da kuma yakin farko na Boer. Brownlee da gwamnatin Cape sun yi adawa da tsarin rikon kwarya da kuma manufofin Burtaniya a yakin kan iyaka, wanda ya haifar da rikici tsakanin gwamnatin Cape da Daular Burtaniya.