Ogden Sun | 1905-08-08 | Page 7 | White Girls Held as Slaves

WHITE GIRLS HELD AS SLAVES I 1 sl louis aug 6 slavery within tho domain of the united states white persons sold and held under bondage in violation of the laws of civilization this is the charge of professor W A dails superintendent of tho united states public schools at alaska in a letter the st louis professor tells how he has been at work since 1903 when he went to alaska to eradicate the evil but he has been unable to interest the united states authorities he davs he was personally freed two little girls from slavery and sent them to their homes while ha has worked without avail to procure tho release of six other while girls in ho says the same conditions exist in other towns the professor writes at tho beginning ot tho second year sapiem ber 1003 I 1 canvassed the of or and found eight little girls ranging in age from 6 to 12 years in slavery when I 1 asked their ro asters about it they grew indignant di gnant and said send them lo 10 fc chool wo did not get them to send to school wo got them to wait on our families and what they are going to do I 1 called the attention of the proper authorities to the facts and was assured that immediate measures would be taken to remedy the evil that was a year and a halt ago and yet up to the present time nothing has been done officially