the University of Ghana
In 1963, a residence hall of the University of Ghana was named Mensah Sarbah Hall in his honour for his services to education, with a statue of John Mensah Sarbah is in front of it.

Who was the first lawyer in Ghana?

John Mensah Sarbah was the first native of Ghana to be called to the bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1887. The legal system was based on that of England, in which solicitors provide legal advice and prepare legal documents while barristers act as advocates in court.

Why did Mr John Mensah Sarbah and his group go to Britain?

The Land Bill of 1897, which threatened the traditional system of African land tenure, was strongly opposed by the ARPS. They sent John Mensah Sarbah to argue against its passage in the Legislative Council. When this was unsuccessful, he advised the ARPS to send a delegation to England to petition against it.

What is Arps in government?

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. Had the Lands Bill been passed, it would have allowed the colonial government to take over so-called waste or public lands.

Why was the ARPS formed?

The Gold Coast ARPS formed as a conglomerate of different groups of intellectuals in Cape Coast and Southern Ghana who sought to protect the traditional land tenure practices of the indigenous Gold Coast peoples from being usurped by the British colonial government.

What is the full name of JP Brown?

NRHP reference No. The J. P. Brown House is a historic house in Atchison, Kansas. It was built in 1880 for John P. Brown, an Irish-born contractor for the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad and one of Atchison’s Exchange National Bank’s largest shareholders.

How did the ARPS got the land bill withdrawn?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 The petition was accepted and eventually the Bill was withdrawn.

How did ARPS get the land withdrawn?

What was the main aim of ARPS?

Aborigines’ Rights Protection Society (ARPS) to prevent the wholesale expropriation of African lands by European entrepreneurs or officials. The ARPS went on to campaign against the exclusion of qualified Africans from the colonial administration.