New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-15
THE sLApE-TRADE IN THE RED SEA.

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OF the AmO0r.
THE SLAVE-TRADE IN THE RED SEA
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Nothing hardens and brutalzes man ike slave
breeding and siavehoiding. This every body will admit
who is familiar with the Inhabitants OF the coasts Of
the Red Sea- aud no punishment would be so fitting to
the perpetrators of tie horrors Of Jddah as TO execute
there the prohibition Of The slavetrade which pro-
claimed more than two years ago.
| Were not the ahoouism of the Anglo SlxOns oi
such political and achiavelistc nature the English
woud long ago have given TO the saye-trade in the
Red Sea that attention which il deserves. For aqusr
ter Of century English have plowed the Red
Sea regularly, filed with the fathers, mothers and
children Of the highhearted nation Can il have es-
capped their notice that the little vessels, with the
great lateen sails which ply daily between Bah el
MaIdeb and Ras MohanIned, are also crowded with
passengers but that they arr stolen children, the
orphans of murdered fathers and mothers
Man-,beving and man-rading are, indeed, damna-
bic enough; bul il still for the ruler of
the seas TO remain long indifferent spectator OF
the sale Of Thousands of children TO from whom
the universal progress of the ages has not yet washed
away single one of the denominations forbidden by
the Decaloguel Indeed, compared with this child
trading and abuse of children the sale OF adult negroes
for Geldwoik in Christian colonies is virtue. And
Alden and Perrin, with the cross of ST. George the
dragonslaycr floating them, cailed the Keys
TO the narrow sea where these denominations COM
mitted
About 5000 children are stolen and sold annually
the Of the Red Sea the greater part girls of the
interesting and beautiful tribe of the Gallos rutlessly
hunted down by the Christian and Mobammedan
Aby ssinans who accustomed to pay for their iii.
pOrts with slaye..
As the Donakil as well as the Somal have consider
able colonies in the free port OF Aden and since for the
protection of the business of the Parsecs and Banya
English cruisers are pleIty along tie African coast
fom Tudiurra BAY to Melt the save-radc has become
very difficult from Berbcra Zeyla and TUdiurra, and
the traders are now driven round by Massavah where
the Turkish Government in the teeth of the Tanzimai
has sanctioned the trade by duty OF sl0I per head;
a., ior duty; 81! for certificate OF payment
Ir0Gich) u with which the slave can be landed :ree in
Arabia; and So which goes to tie Kaiinakan under
the name ol brokerage i2,laio. Half the of
Massavah and Suaku is derived from the slavetrade
Beside this there are about eco negro children taken
10 Arabia from the Soache coast. The dlty levied in
the Arabian ports is not uniform; in Lccheis for
ample il is 81 per head for negroes and 81 foI Gal
las, while in Jiddah +; is II per cent I'D yacrem.
The kaimakams of Ma>savah and Suakin, are a.
ways oyerrun with orders for Gala girls from their
supcrors in Jiddah and Cons'autiuople, and every
drove must be brought before them before it be
exhibited IN the market For such they select, the
Kaimakams pay Of course whatever they please and
the trader dare not renonstrate,
The Egyptian authorities have always been very
lax in then execution Of the laws against the slave
trade and have allowed vessels from Jiddah To land
their cargoes of slaves freely at Dieb Tor from which
place they can be taken to Cairo without interference
This branch of trade seems to be kept away from
Suez 80 as not 10 offend the European Consnls there
bu, not at all of Difference TO the Tanzinat: for
only last Spring we saw, on our journey IL Upper
Egypt slave passengers coming from kharonm on
Nile boats. Still the samccssucss of the slaye-trade
at Deb Tor did al last excite much attention that
the Egyptian Government could lot wholly overlook
il. A few csrgoes which sent back To Jddsh last
February sunk thc price ~ human flesh there by q
third
We have never seen in EgyTt or on the Atyssinisn
Coast young slave under Over-eer; slaves are
used by the Mohammedans along the Red Sea- not for
labor, but for pleasure, ppebcarpg and coieeservng.
Girls worth more by half before they have at
tanned the age o puberty than eterward, when they
called ba'iG, ard when they Is 70 years old
they become entirely unsasl'e Their value is al,o
increased by cesrness Of color sId traghtnes Of hair
Gala gir's Of clear brown color and straight hair
are called sidamG, and bring the highest prices, a.
though they faye the name Of beipg proud and dis
ohedient
The slave-trade in the Red ~ 4. exclusively 10 the
hands OF the Hadrami merchants, who are as enter
prsing a. they fond OF travel they are found in
al the principal mars Of the English and Dutch East
Indies, a. well as in the Turkish emporpms in the
Mediterranean. With them with the Savoya-ds
and Auvergnese the love Of home IS not less strong
than the desire 10 accumulate, which is ef!ectual
preventive not less of beai,y than Of dissipation.
is the Hadrami, especially who have excited the fs
natcisin and Know Nothingism Of the Arabs 10 the
Red Sea order TO keep their makets closed as long
a. possible the dreaded opposition Of the Greeks
and Franks.
hadramau,, they tell ne The house Of the ante
onuVsn', and they still show the grave Of one whom
aney cal HUH. The Hsdrami forbid Franks and
A~A' non entering their country, and consider NO
oVeH''y " eiy, where thsss hated foreigners rue &C