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Sierra Leone, 1938-1940

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  1. (fol. 1) card of members of the Legislative Council, E.S. Beoku Betts, n.d.
  2. (fol. 2) Hansard, oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on workmen's compensation, 16 Mar 1938
  3. (fol. 3) cable from 'Civil Liberties', Sierra Leone, to Creech Jones, protesting against the education ordinance and asking for a commission of enquiry into the general conditions of the colony, 21 May 1939
  4. (fols. 4-6) correspondence between MacDonald and Creech Jones about workmen's compensation, 28 Jun-5 Jul 1938
  5. (fols. 7-14) correspondence between Ronald Kidd, MacDonald, and Creech Jones about the protests in the colony about the education ordinance that had been put into operation without consultation of the people's wishes, 4-22 Jul 1938
  6. (fols. 15-19) letter from Creech Jones to MacDonald, with copies of cables, about the disturbance caused in Sierra Leone by the government's statement that an African labourer and his wife could live on 15/- per month, 13 Oct 1938
  7. (fol. 21-26) address delivered by the Governor, Sir Douglas Jardine, on opening the Fifteenth Session of the Sierra Leone Legislative Council, mentioning the Trade Union Ordinance, 2 Nov 1938
  8. (fols. 27-80) correspondence between George Pratt, Secretary of the War Department Amalgamated Worker's Union, Sierra Leone, Creech Jones, MacDonald, Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, and Pratt's solicitor about the Union's demand for better wages and working conditions, the resulting strike, Pratt's arrest and treatment in prison, and the steps taken in this country to solve the problem, Jan-Feb 1939
  9. (fols. 81-96) two copies each of two cablegrams from Katt, Secretary of Mabella Workers' Union about police action in the strike of the coaling workers and a copy of the African Standard with an article on them, 10 Feb, 7 Feb 1939
  10. (fol. 97) letter from Browne, of the African Civil Servants' Association, Freetown, to Creech Jones thanking him for his interest in the Association, 8 Feb 1939
  11. (fol. 98) cable sent to Creech Jones about the workers' protest at the Acting Governor leaving the colony to go on trek while the riot act he had himself proclaimed was still in force, 12 Feb 1939
  12. (fols. 99-101) cable from the West African Youth League to Creech Jones protesting against government action and demanding a Commission of Inquiry, with a copy of Creech Jones's letter to MacDonald about it, 14-16 Feb 1939
  13. (fols. 102-111) copy of the African Standard with an article on Wallace-Johnson, 17 Feb 1939
  14. (fol. 112) oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on the position of the strike of the War Department workers, 23 Feb 1939
  15. (fols. 113-127) cablegrams from Elliott Horton, Secretary of the Strike Relief Committee, the Mabella Worker's Union, and George Pratt about the strike and the false information being circulated about it; also, correspondence between MacDonald and Creech Jones about the strike and the appointment of a Labour Officer for Sierra Leone, 8 Mar-5 May 1939
  16. (fols. 128-129) West African Pilot, article about Africans court-martialled for mutiny, 9 May 1939
  17. (fols. 130-143) African Standard, accounts of the trial of George Pratt and correspondence about the ordinances, 12 May-2 Jun 1939
  18. (fols. 144-147) letter from MacDonald to Creech Jones about the strike, 5 May 1939
  19. (fol. 148) Cablegram from the West African Youth League to Creech Jones about Pratt's acquittal and the consequences, 18 May 1939
  20. (item 1) 'Nailing a Lie, a critical review of the Deportation. (British Subjects) 1939 Ordinance' by Wallace-Johnson, 1939
  21. (fol. 149) oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on Pratt's case, 24 May 1939
  22. (fols. 150-151) African Standard, account of George Pratt's case, 26 May 1939
  23. (fols. 152-157) correspondence between MacDonald and Creech Jones about the strike and the ordinances, 30 May-9 Jun 1939
  24. (fols. 158-172) letter from C.A. Davies, Sierra Leone to Sylvia Pankhurst, editor of the New Times and Ethiopia News, about the banning of her paper under the Undesirable Literature Bill and the measures taken to suppress the West African Youth League under the ordinances; also, correspondence between Sylvia Pankhurst, Will Henderson, MacDonald, and Creech Jones about this, 28 May-20 Jun 1939
  25. (fols. 173-175) letter from MacDonald to Creech Jones about the necessity for the ordinances because Freetown had been designated a defended port, 13 Jun 1939
  26. (fols. 176-178) oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on the sentences of the mutineers, with correspondence with Sir Victor Warrender, War Office, about whether their complaints were justified, 15-22 Jun 1939
  27. (fols. 179-189) correspondence between Polak and Creech Jones about the Wallace-Johnson case, 16 Jun-7 Jul 1939
  28. (fol. 190) oral reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on the prosecution of Pratt, reform of the police service in Sierra Leone, and steps to be taken to prevent prosecution for trade union activities in West Africa, 21 Jun 1939
  29. (fol. 191) African Standard, article on intercolonial affairs, 23 Jun 1939
  30. (fols. 192-195) draft of a letter from Creech Jones to MacDonald about recent legislation respecting civil liberties in Sierra Leone, with a copy dated 23 Jun and an acknowledgement of the letter from Paskin, MacDonald's Secretary, 24 Jun, n.d.
  31. (fols. 196-197) correspondence between Reginald Bridgeman and Creech Jones giving Bridgeman's opinion on the draft ordinances for Sierra Leone concerning sedition and deportation, 28 Jun-3 Jul 1939
  32. (fols. 198-199) correspondence between Warrender and Creech Jones about the sentences passed on the mutineers from the Sierra Leone Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, 29-30 Jun 1939
  33. (fol. 200) letter from Creech Jones to Solomon, War Department Amalgamated Workers' Trade Union, Freetown, about his correspondence with the Secretary of State concerning the ordinances and his action with the War Office over the mutiny, 1 Jul 1939
  34. (fols. 201-202) Hansard, report of oral answers to Questions put in the House on the Ordinances by Foot, 5 Jul 1939
  35. (fol. 203) letter from MacDonald to Creech Jones the ordinances and the mutiny, 13 Jul 1939
  36. (fols. 204-214) correspondence between T.A. Blanco White, Honorary Secretary of the National Council for Civil Liberties, Creech Jones, MacDonald, the Information Officer, and George C. Thomas, Editor of the African Standard about the censorship of newspapers in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the war by the voluntary submittal by the editors of doubtful articles for scrutiny by the Governor, 31 Jan 1940.

Dates

  • Creation: 1938-1940

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/18, folder 7

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