"Widmann to Basel"

Last paragraph: The slave emancipation is causing a lot of dust to rise. In Kibi it is said the young king is mishandling the slaves who no longer want to remain in his service, and the government must intervene there if the emancipation is to be anything more than a paper law. In Akwapim too it is happening that slaves who have run away from their masters are being caught and sent back. The missionaries in Kibi have written a letter (it arrived in Christiansborg the same day as this letter was written) asking the Commandant be informed of the situation, and appealing for a reliable group of police to go there to protect the slaves.

01.07.1875

01.07.1875

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