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Slavery Rumors Emerge From Philippine Islands Inquiry
A Philadelphia Record excerpt summarizes Dean Worcester and W H Phipps reports on slavery in the Philippines. Negrito and Ifugao children are bought for as little as $1.50 in rice value, with chiefs selling orphans to traders. Officials describe ongoing slave trading across provinces, despite bills to abolish slavery being tabled by the assembly.
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War Department
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John Elfreth Watkins
Philadelphia
China
Uncle Sam
St. Louis Exposition
Manila
San Fernando
Pam- Panga
Joaquin Aldecoa
Pangasinan
Macario Ayson
Angeles
Porao
Éroati -Noggito
Gamp
Atoteenburg
Kyle Rucker
Fourteenth Cavalry
Ambrocio David
Negrito
Walter F. Hale
Kalinga
Aagusan
Mindanao
Zamboanga
Phipps
Cebu
Philippine Cormamission
Philippine Assembly
Washington
Senor Manuel Quezon
Secretary of the Interior
Executive Department
Pampanga
Cagayan
Isabela
Romblon
Tarlac
Bataan
Zambales
Philippine Islands
Palawan
Sandoyal
Ulat
Congress
Borah
Idaho
United States