Frederic Cardew Explained

Colonel Sir Frederic Cardew, KCMG (27 September 1839 – 6 July 1921) was a British Army officer and colonial governor. He was Governor of Sierra Leone from 1894 to 1900.[1] The hut tax that he introduced led to the Hut Tax War of 1898.[2]

References

  1. News: 7 July 1921 . Sir Frederic Cardew . . 15.
  2. Abraham . Arthur . 1974 . Bai Bureh, The British, and the Hut Tax War . The International Journal of African Historical Studies . 7 . 1 . 99-106.

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