Who was the leader of Aborigines Right Protection Society?

Jacob W. Sey
The ARPS was led by elected officers; during its first years, its president was Jacob W. Sey, while the vice president was J. P. Brown. The society also had a secretary and a treasurer.

How was the Land Bill of 1897 Withdrawn?

The Land Bill was to allow the colonial government at the time to take over public lands that were not in use at the time. ARPS sent a delegation to London to petition the passing of the Land Bill of 1897. The petition was accepted and eventually the Bill was withdrawn.

Who set up the ARPS?

Among the educated elite who led the ARPS were J.W. de Graft-Johnson, Jacob Wilson Sey, J. P. Brown, J. E. Casely Hayford, and John Mensah Sarbah. (But Sarbah is one of the few founder members of the ARPS remembered through a well-known memorial: “Sarbah Hall” of the University of Ghana, Legon, is named after him.)

What was the Crown Land Bill?

The colonial government attempted to implement the Crown Lands Bill between 1894 and 1897 in Southern Ghana. Among other things, it sought to take control of what was described as ‘waste lands’ and later ‘public lands.

What was the Gold Coast Aborigines Rights Protection Society?

The Gold Coast Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society (ARPS) was formed in 1897 in the port city of Cape Coast, a hub of intellectual and political activism in colonial Ghana. The ARPS remained the voice of colonized Africans until its demise in the 1930s.

When did the Aborigines Protection Society merge with the British Anti Slavery Society?

In 1909 it merged with the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (BFASS) to form the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines’ Protection Society (now Anti-Slavery International).

When did the African Rights Protection Society start?

The ARPS remained the voice of colonized Africans until its demise in the 1930s. The idea of forming the society had been incubated as early as 1895, but was shelved until May 17, 1897, when a meeting organized by the African intelligentsia in Cape Coast to protest the proposed Lands Bill of 1894 to 1897 culminated in the formation of the society.

How did the Gold Coast ARPS help indigenous people?

The Gold Coast ARPS became a voice for the rights of indigenous peoples by both broadcasting their aims in their own newspaper, Gold Coast Aborigines, and advocating on behalf of indigenous land rights by presenting the reasons for their dissent of the Lands Bill of 1897 in front of the Legislative Council.