Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-10-09


n the hIa'e trade from Tajurra, and Zeylah an
= Berbera, IN The Sonaui territory. has been rend
= cred almost impossible and the traders are CON
G PEELED to take a circuitous route to Massouah
y whore The Turkish government in spite of til
/. fdASimdt--a decree against tho slave trade
n adopted some thirty months since-sanctions tn
inhuman tralbc by levyiDg per capita duty, afte
payment q which, and u small sum to the 20,
efnorr or ka'matam, the slave can be trims uorte
e to Arabia without let or hindrance. Onchaf tn
i import duties IN MAssouah ard SUuakin are pai
4 by!slase dealers.
1t is also susceptible Of proof that some thre
Thousand negro children are annually introduced
INTO Arabia from the Suaehli coast The dut
&. upon negro aud Gala slaves brought into tn
Arabian ports is not uniform for instance, il
= LoheIa 81 cents head is charged Tor the former
and u o0 Tor the latter, while in Jeddnh twelve
per cent. od cdlorem is exacted
The Egyptian authorities have always been in
euigeh' III enforcing laws against the slave traffic
anu nave suffered vessels from Jeddah to LAND
their human cargoes at Died Tor, whence they
could be transported without difficulty overland tC
Oairo' at any season, almost, the traveller in
/ Upper Egypt may meet cargOes Of slaves coming
Il downihe Nile from Chartoum. The disturbances
Vccas'oneI by the continual transit of slaves
through Thor, however. finally compelled The
Egyptian authorities to interfere, and the copse,
quent return ct several cargoes TO Jeddah caused
a sudden decliac Of one,lhird in the price Of
! slaves.
\ Neither in Egypt nor on the coasts Of Abvs
slnla, writes an intelligent correspondent of the
Augsburg AHgemeiHe ZeitURg "did | ever SEQ n
young man in the hands of the slave dealers the
Mohanmcdans on the Red Sea not recurring
slaves Tor labor, but simply crafty their usts
ana TO wait upon them with their chibouks and
conee. GIr!s who have not attained the age of pu.
berty bring one half more than after they have
reached mat period, when they are termed bdiid
md unt s,E,s -.
unsaable. A fair skin and straight hnir enhance
the value OF the girls. Gala girls Of light brown
CON plexions and smooth hair, although they have
the reputation OF being proud and unyieding are
held at the highest prices"
The slave trade on the Red Sea is exclusively
IN the hands of the lladrami merchants, who are
ehterpfiSing and adventurous. One finds them in
tbe principal markets Of the English and Du:ch
| indits, as well as in the Turkish emoOriums of
the Mediterranean. Like the Savoyards and the
Anyergnats, the love of home is no less strong
Win the Hadraui than the desire 10 acquire
wealth, and they parsinloniuus to degree
10 them the ianaiicism and dislike of foreigners
so conspicuous among the Arabs Of the Red Sen,
are Justly chargeable, tnCiI object being to pre-
vent Greeks and Franks from entering into
competition with them in their own markets
Hadramaut was, according to tradition, the
homoul the antediluvian fathers, and the inhab
tants ~ show the stranger the grave Of one of
these patriarchs, whom they cuH 1luth. The
Hadromi allow neither Franks nor Turks to enter
this country, and will reside only temporarily in
any country or city in the government Of these
hated foreigners. The Hadrami, liks all Arabs,
marry early, and never 90 abroad without leaving
behind domestic hearth to welcome them on his
return. Of course it will not do for the IIodrami
Rrasswidower to bring children or wives with
him from abroad hence, in order to gratify his
passions without endangering his domestic peace,
embarrassing his finances, violating his relig.
iOus notions, he has recourse to the slave trade.
The lladrami, rs well us the Abyssnan slave
dealers, treat their victims Cs women when they
have attained their eighth year. They do not
keep possession OF them long, however, for fear
of depreciating ter value; and thus these unhap
py creatures passed from one owner to anolh.
er, from one seaport to another, until at length
at the age OF womanhOOd, their ruin is comp lute
and they fall into the hands Of the Turks of the
seaports, where heir wanderinGs cease, and death
prematnrely ends their degraded career.
The negro children brought from the Sunhe
coast are chiefly bought ior their labor they de
not fare as well as the Gnllas, fed the re
mains OF the frugal Arab meals, and are subject
Cd to frequent and severe corporeal punishment.
The Journey from Zanzibar to Jeidah, in which
he trade wind in the Indian ocean is encuun,,
ared, usually occupies q month aud half. The
wrctched diet, and the cool nights which prevail
towards the end Of the journey, produce diar,
rhWa and cuaneous diseases, with which small. .
pox is very often allied. The slave dealers esti.
mate the loss on the journey at onethird Of the
cargo. The average cost of a negro child the
cuabeli coast is 81, which is increased by mortal
ty at sea to SO 50 the expense during the voy-
lge, including food, which consists of coarse dur
fhn bread and dtied fish, is about 81 so, the duty
m Jeddah amounts to twelve per cent, Of 50 50;
10 cents, and other expenses 10 cents
making the total cost of tho DEALER in Jeddah, /
$40 W. The average price of n sound negro
child in Jeddah is $685. although about one-thrd
)f the cargo usually brings less, in consequence
If having been damaged on the voyage Thus
t will be perceived that under fortunate circum.
stances this inhuman traffic yields profit of fifty
Der cent. Twenty years ago negro children could |
be purchased on the Suahel coast for So so; then,
however, the price in Jeddah was likewise lower
Negro girls, unless particularly well-formed,
)rng trfe more than boys; whilst Gala girls
usually command one-balf more than boys of the
ame tribe. 1t is not easy to estimate the
Iverage price Of Gala girls, as some of them
'ring as high as S420 to $500. Their average
,rce in Jeddah, however. is about S52 so Of
,oys $50; in Massouab, $40 and S2S; and in
idowa, the capital of Tigret S2l and Sl4
The Turkish authorities in Arabia assign as
eason for the non-suppression Of the slave traffic,
hat an attempt to enforce the laws would be at
ended by a popular outbreak in SOuakin aud
lassOuah. This, however, is a mere pretext--the
lave trade is in as great favor among the Turks
- among the ARABS. MaSsouuh ana oOuaKln
10Th lie on small naked islands of about three
bousand inhabitants each. In January Of the
resent year two companies of nizams and two
undred and fifty Bashi. Bozuks, with two field
eces, were stationed at Massouah--but of course
hey were not to teach the inhabitants to obey the
AVS.
half dozen cutters, distributed at the ports of
'erim, Souakin aud Massouah, would suffice to
Intercept all sayers going from the African to the
Isatic coast and were as severe measures against
he piratica traffic adopted here, as on the west
cast of Africa, not q shipOwner would be found ,
'ithiG six months who would risk his vessel with
uch hazardous freight; for an Arabian SLAYER
Ould not possibly escape from an English cutter.
The Arabs like the Orientals in general, learn :
othing and forget nothing; humanity can be in
TILED into them only by force aad il but one !,
'nth OF the energy and determination which the ..
ngish apply to the determination of the horrid
-afhc on the African west coast were directed y
wards its extinction in the Red Sea, the regener-
ton of Christian Abyssinia would be hastened 2
ne slaughter and kidnapping of the Gallas would t