Census rumors so alarmed Indos that some sought to legalize concubine children prematurely.
Evidence
Rumors were so rampant in Sragen that one Assistent Resident reported a respondent pleading with him to fill out an “act of legal recognition” before 1 January 1902 for the children he conceived with his native companion because he had heard rumors that after that date it would no longer be allowed. — Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemic…, 927
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- QUESTION: Worth pursuing what legal change rumor attached to — the date 1 Jan 1902 bound the census to perceived juridical consequences.