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Fiji Annexation The British Role and Slavery Legacy
The piece criticizes British policy in Fiji, noting the sale of islanders to fund a new government and the complicity in slave trading. It argues for immediate annexation to end slavery, establish law and order, and build a prosperous, law-based Fiji under a fair government. It urges Lord Carnarvon to prevent color or race-based discrimination in the new regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiji
Maufu
Cakobau
Sydney
Pacific
Levuka
Great Britain
Consul March
March
Messrs
Burt, Woods
Thurston
Bishop Patteson
Leyuka
Mr. Gladstone
Lord Kimberley
Commodore Goodenough
Layard
Lord Carnarvon