The 1919 Somali-Orma agreement enticed few Galla to leave serfdom.
Evidence
By 1919, feeling between the Darod and those Warday Galla who had been moved across the Tana River reached such a pitch that it was again necessary for the British authorities to intervene. The consequence was an undertaking by both sides, known as the Somali–Orma (Galla) agreement, which allowed the Galla who remained with the Darod on the left bank to choose finally between accepting the formal position of serfs, or of moving across the river to join their free kinsmen. Those who decided to cross the Tana were obliged to leave behind them with their Somali patrons half the cattle which they had acquired during their bondage. Under these conditions it is perhaps not surprising that few of the Warday Galla moved. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 112 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The 1919 Somali-Orma agreement forced Galla to choose serfdom or costly relocation; The 1919 agreement forced remaining Warday Galla to pay half their cattle to emigrate — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 112; By 1936 Kenya recognized that most Warday Galla had been assimilated by the Somali.
Related
- The 1919 Somali-Orma agreement forced Galla to choose serfdom or costly relocation (similarity 0.98)
- The 1919 agreement forced remaining Warday Galla to pay half their cattle to emigrate (similarity 0.96)
- By 1936 Kenya recognized that most Warday Galla had been assimilated by the Somali. (similarity 0.92)
- By 1912 Darod pressure forced Warday Galla across the Tana and WaBoni into serfdom (similarity 0.89)
- British authorities moved Warday Galla across the Tana to prevent their extinction by Somali. (similarity 0.89)
- The Warday Galla bid for freedom failed disastrously and assimilation followed by 1936 (similarity 0.88)
Broader Connections
- The 1919 Somali-Orma agreement forced Galla to choose serfdom or costly relocation
#contradicts(0.90) - The 1919 agreement forced remaining Warday Galla to pay half their cattle to emigrate
#corroborates(0.75) — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 112 - By 1936 Kenya recognized that most Warday Galla had been assimilated by the Somali.
#contradicts(0.30)