Show Womans Woman's Curiosity Sets Free Slaves of Sierra Leone Colony FREETOWN Sierra Leone By B The Associated Freedom will come to almost a quarter millIon slaves es In this British protectorate on the west coast of AfrIca on next New D Day y because of one Inquisitive woman Lady Kathleen Simon Is beIng hail hail- hailed hailed ed as the Inspiration of the movement which will wUl wIpe out time the last remnant of human slavery slaver under the thO BrItish flag Great astonishment was voiced In Inthe inthe the Eng l English h press a few weeks ago when the announcement was made that men women and children were still slaves here In Sierra Leone The report was as sent by SIr John SI- SI SImon Simon mon a leader In the Liberal party part who with his wife was making a a. tour tourIn tourin In British AfrIca The revelation of th these conditions was followed quickly by a 1 loud pop pop- popular popular ular clamor for their emancipation Soon the British colonial office went Into action and the legislative council of the Sierra Leone cOlony passed an ordinance which will liberate the en- en enslaved enslaved slaved people Lady Simons Simon's part In the movement became known when hen frIends congratulated congratulated Sir John on hIs humanitarian activities Sir John turned asIde the pra praise I am not the person to whom the credit Is due he said It Is my wife It was Lady SImon her husband In- In slated who was curIous enough about labor conditions to gather the thc facts for the public expose of slavery ery which brought on n the legislative action PrevIous enactment In the colony had provided that the number of slaves sInes In SIerra Leone could not be in- in increased increased creased by purchase or by birth Chil- Chil Children Children dren born to present slaves should be freemen Slaves Sla were given Iven the right fight also to purchase their liberty By th these C means slavery should eventually eventually ally disappear But Lady Simon ely dis- dis discovered discovered covered what the publIc had not taken thought of More than two hundred 1 of the slaves had no means to buy th their lr liberty and could be loosed from their economIc chaIns only by death t It was this discovery ery that aroused her profound sympathy and andre re resulted In the r recent act of emancipation eman- eman |