Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957

Updated: 11 Jun 2019

[Extract]

Chief Lutuli spoke of the "unprecedented human suffering being brought about by apartheid" and said:

"But yet we are not despondent. We are encouraged in our struggle for freedom by seeing our stand of opposing apartheid vindicated by the justice of our cause and the undoubted growth of the freedom front in our country."

ES Reddy

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South African History Online. (2016, November 29). Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0122410

South African History Online (2016) 'Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957', South African History Online, 29 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0122410 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0122410, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957." South African History Online, 29 Nov. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0122410. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957." South African History Online. November 29, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0122410.