Uitlanders

European—mainly British—emigrants who settled in the Boer republics of the Transvaal (South African Republic) and the Orange Free State from 1870 to 1900, after the discovery of gold and diamonds in those states. The settlers provided a foothold for British expansion in southern Africa, which led to the Boer War (1899–1902). As a pretext for launching the war, Great Britain cited the Boers’ refusal to grant voting rights to the settlers.