SLAVES FREED.
LIBERATED IN BURMA. Received December 19, 10.40 a.m. DELHI, Dec. 18. The Government of Burma has announced that over 4000 slaves were freed last year. A sum of £21,000 was paid the owners as compensation. —A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 17, 19 December 1927, Page 7
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