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List the causes of the Temne-Mende revolt

List the causes of the Temne-Mende revolt.

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Kavungya
– British extension of the protectorate to include interior Temne and Mende .
- Use of Creoles in their occupation . Africans hated them because they despised their culture
- Traditional chiefs had lost their power
- Police force – The people despised the presence of police among them . They always interfered with the internal politics of African government. They lacked respect for chiefs
- Loss of Independence
- Abolition of slave trade – It was their source of livelihood.
- Loss of land : their land was declared crown land
- Introduction of hut – tax system – African would not understand the concept of paying for houses they had built
- Forced labour – to build barracks, roads
- Flogging of chiefs in public
Kavungya answered the question on April 18, 2019 at 09:59

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