The Anti-slavery Reporter and Aborigines' FriendL. Wild, 1914 - Slavery Vols. 3-8, 3d ser., include the 16th-21st annual reports of the British and foreign anti-slavery society. The 22d-24th annual reports are appended to v. 9-11, 3d ser. Series 4 contains annual reports of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. Series 5 contains annual reports of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society. |
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... means to get redress of our grievances from the local authorities , before sending our deputation to England , we are making this appeal to you , Sir , and propose making a final one to Parliament if not successful . Your petitioner ...
... means to get redress of our grievances from the local authorities , before sending our deputation to England , we are making this appeal to you , Sir , and propose making a final one to Parliament if not successful . Your petitioner ...
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... means of independence and self - improvement . This compulsory service at reduced wages and high rents will not be separation , but an inter- mingling of the most injurious character of both races . Mative Races and the Dignity of ...
... means of independence and self - improvement . This compulsory service at reduced wages and high rents will not be separation , but an inter- mingling of the most injurious character of both races . Mative Races and the Dignity of ...
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... means of communication , and stimulating trade with the natives . DIET AND HOUSING , ETC. The Commission was of opinion that both these matters were insuffi- ciently attended to , and required legislation providing for the enforcement ...
... means of communication , and stimulating trade with the natives . DIET AND HOUSING , ETC. The Commission was of opinion that both these matters were insuffi- ciently attended to , and required legislation providing for the enforcement ...
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... means you get it as long as you produce it , and produce it quickly whilst rubber is at such boom prices . " And they did so produce it , and the means they took to produce it only came out originally through the action of your Society ...
... means you get it as long as you produce it , and produce it quickly whilst rubber is at such boom prices . " And they did so produce it , and the means they took to produce it only came out originally through the action of your Society ...
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... means of paying commissions to subordinate indivi- duals , who were told that they would be paid , and they were paid , by means of commission on the quantity of rubber collected . These men were sent down into the depths of the forests ...
... means of paying commissions to subordinate indivi- duals , who were told that they would be paid , and they were paid , by means of commission on the quantity of rubber collected . These men were sent down into the depths of the forests ...
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Page 66 - Nations and maintained by its guarantee, which, whilst respecting national sovereignty, would be alike inspired by broad conceptions of economic freedom and concerned to safeguard the rights of the natives under the best conditions possible for them, and in particular: (1) It would take account in each locality of the wishes of the people, expressed in the form which is possible to them.
Page 66 - Conference declares in favour of a system of control, established by international agreement under the League of Nations and maintained by its guarantee, which, whilst respecting national sovereignty, would be alike inspired by broad conceptions of economic freedom and concerned to safeguard the rights of the natives...
Page 35 - As to the German colonies, that is a matter which must be settled by the great international Peace Congress. Let me point out that our critics talk as if we had annexed lands peopled by Germans, as if we had subjected the Teutonic people to British rule. When you come to settle who shall be the future trustees of these...
Page 35 - When you come to settle who shall be the future trustees of these uncivilised lands, you must take into account the sentiments of the people themselves, what confidence has been inspired in their untutored minds by the German rule of which they have had an experience, whether they are anxious to secure the return of their former masters, or whether they would rather trust their destinies to other and juster and — may I confidently say — gentler hands than those who have had the governing of them...
Page 63 - Every present contract in which it is stipulated or agreed that any person shall be bought or sold, or placed in servitude, or be transferred either as a pledge or security for debt, or in any other way, shall so far as regards any such stipulation or agreement be and is hereby declared to be wholly, and in every particular, null and void, and every future contract which shall contain any such stipulation or agreement shall be absolutely illegal.
Page 90 - He was followed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air, each of whom explained to the Conference the aspects of defence which concerned his special responsibilities.
Page 26 - We make no protest against the principle of separation so far as it can be fairly and practically carried out.
Page 18 - INSKIP asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether in view of the...
Page 2 - ... be maintained, and that on arrival in the country of their destination they will be properly treated and allowed to engage themselves on terms at least as free as those obtaining at present in the Malay Peninsula, where a labourer can leave his employer by giving a month's notice.
Page 26 - who knows anything of Indian sentiment could remain ignorant of the deep and genuine disgust to which the continuance of the indentured system has given rise. Educated Indians look on it, they tell us, as a badge of helotry. This is soon to be removed...