Sand River Convention

Sand River Convention (1852)

Type	Delimitation of territory and rights
Signed	17 January 1852
Location	Bank of the Sand River, South Africa
Effective	17 January 1852
Signatories	Andries Pretorius for the Boers and William Hogge and Mostyn Owen for Great Britain
Language	English
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The Sand River Convention was a convention whereby Great Britain formally recognised the independence of the Boers living beyond the Vaal River. In return, the Boers promised that slavery would be outlawed in the Transvaal and that they would not interfere in the Orange River Sovereignty's affairs. The convention was signed on 17 January 1852 by Andries Pretorius (for the Boers) and William Hogge and Mostyn Owen (for Great Britain) in a marquee on the banks of the Sand River.

The First Boer War started after the British breached this convention on 12 April 1877.^{[citation needed]}