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Excerpt from Papers Relating to Legislation Affecting Natives in the Transvaal, (in Continuation of July, 1901): Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty, January, 1902
It is well known, and has been admitted by the Prime Minister, that in past struggles in South Africa the interests of the natives, who form such a large proportion of the Whole population, have been either entirely overlooked, or regarded only in so far as they are necessary to the welfare of the white settlers. The treatment of the Blacks by the Boers in the Transvaal is well known to have been utterly lacking in humanity; the Uitlanders have, speaking generally, accepted the Boer way of dealing With them, and their treatment by British Colonists, it is to be feared, has not been in practice much better, for the native, whose labour is indispensable to the white man, has been exploited by him for the purpose of obtaining cheap labour, and con demmed to a lot which is one of oppression and servitude.
The committee respectfully submit that the British Government and people have a very deep responsibility to these black subject races, who have no means of helping themselves or of presenting their own case; and they venture to point out' that if their rights are to be accorded to the natives, the administration must be subject to control by the Imperial Government and must not be left to Colonial sentiment.
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