FREEING SLAVES.
EXPEDITION PASSKB -HEAD EATKHS By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cabin Association. i Received 5.5 p.m., A]>ril 30.) DEM 11., April 2!>. Captain J. T. (). Barnard, leader ol the Expedition hont In Bukwang valley, to liberate AO! 10 ■ .slaves, lips returned to . Calcutta. lie travelled, through the eountrv .of the Napa head limiters, to Assam. The cost to the Government ol liberation; the slaves was under two - lakhs ol' rupees Individual prices ranged J'roni CO to £lO according to age. Captain Barnard saw evidences in the Xap;a country that human sacrifices are still prevalent. There is an area, of 10,001) square miles in the east of Bukwang where slavery persists.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 1 May 1926, Page 9
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113FREEING SLAVES. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 1 May 1926, Page 9
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