Talk:Hut Tax War of 1898

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It is unlikely that there was any Momoh Jah that led the Hut Tax War in 1898. Cardew was the governor's name. Jah is a Guinean name, not a Mende name. Yet if we are to believe, that since Samori's war against the French occurred around the same time Bai Bureh was fighting the British, that they were one and the same, then I see no reason for such distinctions; it was Samori's war. However, I do not believe this to be the case either. Accounts written by Chief Mana Pkaka who was present at the time tells of "War Boys" - that is all. However, Christopher Fyfe's History of Sierra Leone may have attempted after the fact to list the participants in detail. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.248.117.239 (talk) 21:02, 4 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Momoh Jah's ancestors may have been from Guinea (like most other Sierra Leoneans) but he did lead the Southern war efforts. A good example in names should be the current (2014) chief of Pujehun (Southern Sierra Leone). He is Modibo Kaikai, has a Fula (Guinea) lineage and speaks fluent Fula, Madingo, and Susu (all Guinean ethinic groups). Some history books written by colonial sympathizers should always be taken with a grain of salt. British accounts say that Bai Bureh was captured but the facts say otherwise. He gave up the war effort due to the "scotched earth" policy instituted by the British. He surrendered to save his people from further property loses. How can a captured warrior declare the famous words "De Wa don don"?. Samori's war against the French occurred before Bai Bureh's war. As a matter of fact, the French and to some extent the British led people to believe that they were being protected from Samori. That was the reason for interior to be called the "protectorate". In return the "Protected" should pay taxes (hut tax) of which Bai Bureh and others saw no justification. Please do more research before quoting Christopher Fyfe's History of Sierra Leone with absolute certainty. —Preceding unsigned comment was added to the article by 41.205.230.44 (talk) 16:24, 22 March 2014 (UTC) and was moved to the talk page by Srnec (talk) 16:03, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

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what are the causes and effect of the hut tax war in sierra leone 102.143.8.74 (talk) 10:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)