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Correspondence Respecting the Alleged Existence of Chinese Slavery in Hong Kong
Correspondence Respecting the Alleged Existence of Chinese Slavery in Hong Kong Author:Great Britain. Parliament General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Original Publisher: Printed by G.E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O. Subjects: Slavery History / United States / General Juvenile Fiction / Historical / General Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies Social Science / Slavery Notes: This ... more »is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 49 Whilst submitting these suggestions, with due respect for Your Excellency's decfaibn, your petitioners beg to state that by such measures there will be no grievance inflicted on the people, but rich and poor will both be comforted and the whole community of Hong Kong will be benefited thereby. Translated by E. J. Eitel. 25th October 1879. Enclosure 11 in No. 1. Dk. Eitel's Report. Sir, Hong Kong, 25th October 1879. I Have the honour to forward herewith a more detailed Report, for the information of His Excellency the Governor, on the subject of Domestic Servitude in relation to Slavery, regarding which I had been requested to express an opinion. I have,« less