Expedition Releases 1,028: Any Remaining Declared Free Rangoon, May 6.
The expedition under Br. J. 0. T.
barnard, despatched to the Burmese "Triangle," early in the year, to continue the work of releasing slaves, hag concluded its task and returned to Myitkyina; The expedition, which released 1,028 slaves, was everywhere received in a friendly spirit, It is believed that there are now no more slaves left in the "Triangle."
Tu the course of a durbar attended by the Naga and Kachin chiefs, the Commissioner of the Sagainz division announced the complete abolition of slavery. He said that henceforth no further right to possess slaves or to receive compensation for their release would be admitted. Any slaves who still remained unproduced were declared
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