A second SANNC conference in Johannesburg considered the failure of its deputation to Cape Town after the Natives Land Act became law. Delegates resolved to appeal to the British monarch and public, and raised funds for a delegation to Britain. The decision exposed the constitutional limits of African political influence inside the Union and the Congress’s continued hope that imperial authorities might restrain settler rule.
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Why did the SANNC decide to appeal to Britain after the Land Act passed?
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The Congress had little direct power within the white-dominated Union institutions.
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