Sandrivier Konvensie
Sandrivier
Ventersburg distrik
17 Januarie 1851 Sandrivier Konvensie word onderteken op die plaas Boskop( langs die Sandrivier ) van PA Venter.
Brittanje erken die onafhanklikheid van die Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Z.A.R.).
William Hogge en Moslyn Owen onderteken na lang onderhandelings die ooreenkoms namens Brittanje.
Kmdt genl AWJ Pretorius (Andries Pretorius) onderteken namens die Boere.
Die Boere noord van die Vaalrivier se onafhanklikheid word erken, die ZAR.
Die ideaal van Die Voortrekkers se eie onafhanklike staat word bereik.
OOREENKOMS:
The treaty contained the following provisions:
1. The British government guarantees and grants the emigrant farmers across the Vaal river the right to govern themselves, according to their own laws free from any and all British interference and that the British Government wishes to promote peace, free trade and friendly intercourse with the new country
2. Britain disclaims any and all alliances with coloured nations to the North of the Vaal river
3. No slavery be practised in the country to the North of the Vaal river
4. Ammunition and arms crossing over the border from the South of the Vaal river shall require a certificate from a British Magistrate, and that no arms or munitions be supplied to the natives by either the British or by the people of the new country
5. Criminals will be exchanged between the British and the new country and that summonses for witnesses from both sides of the river be backed up by the magistrates at both sides of the river
6. It is agreed that certificates of marriages will be recognised on both sides of the river
7. It is agreed that any and all people now residing in British land but being in possession of land in the new country shall have the free right to sell the property and to move freely over the Vaal river.
ń KLIPSTAPEL met ń bronsplaat dui die plek aan waar die ooreenkoms gesluit is.
So 18 km suid van Ventersburg, waar die nasionale pad N1 die Sandrivier kruis.
Die monument is tot Nasionale gedenkwaardogheid verkaar.
In die Voortrekkermonument Pretoria is ń paneel van die marmerfries wat díe ooreenkoms uitbeeld.
Die verbreking van die die Sandrivier ooreenkoms deur Brittanje in April 1877 lei tot die Eerste Vryheidsoorlog.
Bron: Intenet
Fotos: Gys Ströh snr Maart 2021
