London Convention
The London Convention (English; Dutch / Afrikaans : London Convensie; German for example: "Agreement of London") was a peace treaty concluded in London in 1884 between the British Empire and the South African Republic - also called ZAR or Transvaal - in what is now South Africa .
history
In 1877 the British annexed the Boer South African Republic. In the First Boer War that followed , the Boers won several battles against British troops. In 1881 the Pretoria Convention was signed. With this, the Boers of the Transvaal regained government responsibility, albeit under British suzerainty .
The CAR government requested a change of status so that negotiations between the two states began.
The London Convention was signed on February 27, 1884. In the treaty, the CAR is referred to as the South African Republic , not the Transvaal state as in the Pretoria Convention . The suzerainty of the British Empire was largely abolished. However, the British still had the right to annul contracts of the CAR, except with the also Boer Orange Free State . The south-western border of CAR was described in more detail, and Swaziland's independence was reaffirmed. Even if the abolition of slavery in the South African Republic was confirmed as in the Sand River Convention of 1852, the blacks had significantly fewer rights, as already established in the Pretoria Convention.
The London Convention was signed by the British negotiator, the Governor of the Cape Colony , Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead , and the President of the CAR, Paul Kruger , among others .
The London Convention lasted until the outbreak of the Second Boer War in 1899.
Web links
- Contract text at en.wikisource.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Text of the London Convention at en.wikisource.org (English), accessed on July 11, 2014