FREED FROM SLAVERY
BURMA RELEASES 4,000 Press Association—By Telegraph- CopyrightDELHI, December 18. (Received December 19, at 10 a.m.) The Government of Burma announced that over 4,000 slaves were freed last year in the Kachin country in the North Province, and that £21,000 was paid to owners as compensation.
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Evening Star, Issue 19743, 19 December 1927, Page 6
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48FREED FROM SLAVERY Evening Star, Issue 19743, 19 December 1927, Page 6
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