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later wrote that he remembered Moore "fondly," and that "he had a reputation for being sincerely compassionate towards us." Milton Margai said Moore was "unhypocritical" and was "never patronising," adding "Moore did not have the sort of superiority complex or condescension that some others from
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asked for the same improvements, Governor Moore was unable to get the funds from the colonial office. This led to some sections alleging that the coastal areas were being "favoured" by the
British government. Governor Moore found this dynamic "most distressing." While it was true that the funds
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Sherbro of Sierra Leone: A Preliminary Report on the Work of the University Museum's Expedition to West Africa, 1937. United States: University Press, University of
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Europe have had." Milton Margai said later, "Monk-Mason Moore was one of the men who gave the
British Empire a good name in the eyes of many Africans. It is unfortunate there were not more like him."
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simply had run out, and that Moore's efforts were genuinely made in good faith, the perception of favoritism became one which Moore had to consciously combat from then on.
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said Moore "was a good man." And that "he (Moore) genuinely meant well, and in most cases he did measurably good things." In 1937 Moore joined the
Colonial Department in
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Kpundeh, Sahr John. Elites, Non-elites and
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1219:Fletcher
1213:Clifford
1200:Clementi
1182:Anderson
1170:Chalmers
1158:McCallum
1152:Clifford
1140:im Thurn
1134:Ridgeway
1122:Havelock
1088:Robinson
1082:Robinson
1038:Anderson
1014:Campbell
986:Campbell
956:Maitland
828:governor
457:Salonika
390:Children
291:George V
240:George V
100:governor
61:1st
1518:Renison
1478:Northey
1460:Northey
1440:Stewart
1243:Tyrrell
1237:Thomson
1225:Stanley
1194:Manning
1111:Douglas
1105:Longden
1100:Gregory
1075:O'Brien
1056:Lockyer
934:Andrews
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563:), 1935
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288:Monarch
236:Monarch
193:Monarch
139:Monarch
80:Monarch
1513:Baring
1445:Sadler
1328:Ceylon
1278:Acting
1249:Stubbs
1188:Stubbs
1176:Stubbs
1164:Stubbs
1128:Walker
1094:Irving
998:Wilson
992:Barnes
974:Barnes
962:Wilson
914:Stuart
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543:, 1909
517:Ceylon
498:London
437:Rokeby
425:Ceylon
378:
363:Spouse
1503:Moore
1493:Byrne
1488:Grigg
1435:Eliot
1348:Moore
1266:Moore
1146:Blake
980:Paget
951:North
919:Doyle
909:Agnew
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