Correspondence with W.M. Leggate

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/L29
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19 Jun-22 Nov 1929
  • Physical Description
    • 6 pieces; 12 sheets

Scope and Content

Correspondence between William Muter Leggate, politician and colonial secretary of South Rhodesia and E.T. Scott, relating to discussion of articles by [Sir John Hobbis] Harris, campaigner against slavery, on the Land Apportionment Act in Southern Rhodesia which were published in the Manchester Guardian, and repudiation by Leggate of the way in which the act is represented, which is acknowledged with apologies.

GDN/A/L29/1 and 3 are articles entitled 'White South Africa; a slave state policy' and 'A Test Case' in the Manchester Guardian, 1929.

GDN/A/L29/2 is an article by Harris entitled 'An Acid Test of Empire Policy; Rhodesia's land proposals' in the Manchester Guardian, 1929.