SLAVES FREED
OPERATIONS IN BURMA. BRITISH INFLUENCE AT WORK COMPENSATION TO CEASE. (UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH—COPYRIGHT.) (UNITED SERVICE.) Received 10.10 a.m. to-dav. CALCUTTA,, May 6. The slave-releasing expedition into the Burmese Triangle recently returned after the release of the final batch of 1,028 slaves. No slaves now remain. At a largely attended durbar, the commissioner announced the definite abolition of slavery in Ivaehin hills. Generous compensation had been paid and henceforth there would be no- further right to possess slaves or to receive compensation.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 May 1928, Page 5
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85SLAVES FREED Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 7 May 1928, Page 5
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