SLAVERY
ABOLITION IN INDIA burata' emulates nepaut, r COMPENSATION* TO CAVXERS i (By Sleotrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.) (Roc. Sept. 7. 9 n.rn.) DELHI. Sept. 6. Burma intends to emulate Xepnul by entirely ridding the province of slavery. ■An' expedition is preparing to visit densely populated unadministered terriIfiny in North Burma between the Malika and Nuhaika Rivers, where many thousands of slaves await, emancipation. In Nepaul tho last traces ol slavery have been wiped out and freedom given to 50,000 slaves. Compensation paid by the Government to the owners varied from 20 to 100 rupees for each slave, though many owners waived comperi- » sation claims after emancipation, 'the 'Maharajah threw open vast tracts of cultivatable lands to ex-slaves.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 September 1926, Page 5
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119SLAVERY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 7 September 1926, Page 5
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