Home›Sources›Human Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and PresentSourcesHuman Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and PresentCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Human Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and Present." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/human-leopards-an-account-of-the-trials-of-human-leopards-before-the-special-commission-court-with-a-note-on-sierra-leone-past-and-present.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Human Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and Present. 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Beatty's 1915 account published by Hugh Rees, Ltd., London, is a primary colonial trial record that presents the alleged secret society of human leopard killings as established fact. Its authority is that of a direct record of the actual British colonial court proceedings it reports. Its limit, which this atlas notes directly, is that it is a colonial administrator's own contemporary account written to justify colonial rule, and its central claims about the society's reality have since become genuinely contested. Read it alongside Whyte's 2016 study for the modern historiographical counter-reading, not as settled fact on its own.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (12 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested3K. J. Beatty's Human Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, published by Hugh Rees, Ltd., London, in 1915, the lower tier reflecting that it is a colonial administrator's own contemporary account, written to justify colonial rule, presenting the alleged secret society's killings as established fact. Its central claims have since become genuinely contested; read it alongside a modern historiographical counter-reading, not as settled fact on its own.NotesWell-attestedPrimary colonial trial record; presents the alleged society as real. Read alongside Whyte 2016 for the modern historiographical counter-reading.CitationAuthorWell-attestedK. J. BeattyPublisherWell-attestedHugh Rees, Ltd., LondonPublication YearWell-attested1915Source TypeWell-attestedEthnography (contested)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithLondon, Cities Well-attested This source names London directly: "Beatty's 1915 account published by Hugh Rees, Ltd., London, is a primary colonial trial record that presents the alleged secret society of human leopard killings as established fact."Source Human Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and PresentK. J. Beattytier 3Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.Secret Societies, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Countries, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested8ArticlesThe Human Leopard Society DisputeSourcesHuman Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and PresentScholarly debate1Secret SocietiesPoroHolds1SourcesHuman Leopards: An Account of the Trials of Human Leopards Before the Special Commission Court, with a Note on Sierra Leone, Past and PresentGeneral References2CountriesSierra LeoneSecret SocietiesPoroComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? 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