Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-12-19
The African SlaYc Trade.

speclng Inc frame IN slaves sun carried
on pe"ween me interior OF Africa ana
the iurhlsh Empire lie says:
The Abyssinian Enyoy estimates the
number Of slaves annually carried off
from Africa to the Arab and Turkish mar
kets at 10000 to $4,000 These unhappy
beings are taken away at ages raLging
from seven or eight to sixteen years older
men and women beng found moro
| troublesome IMAM valuable 10 the dealer
! Thcy are brought down IRON the centre
! OF the continent ana the region OF the
/ Nhlte Me 10 has9ala ana are htrrled on
TO the slave market at Metemmeh, TO be
1 resold for shipment to Jedda. Foreign
| Consujs al Ahaitoum check, 50 tar as
| they possibly can the pas age OF slaves
/ down the lie, while Sir Samuel Bakers
/ expedition has done much also to increase
the difficulties which bcset the transit of
slaves across hat route, The ohankelto
/ country and that OF Woolah GalIas, are
! iaYort'e grounds FOR the nefarious ana in
famous praetiae otthe tfaihckers IN human
beings, these provinces beitg close to
! bogos, tnToG9h Whlch, since the ahhcha-
/ lloh ~ INC hhediye' saves can De saleiy
p"S7t1 I" ha'eo"all' 'hehEe 10 ne shipPed
| 'or we hIdo'ah coast HhAhKelo ~
! oIs,fi1l 'hnfaerlnS on ADys7inia proper
ana - ihhhplleu py wandering '',nG
/ IcsrihP,lig "yPSi'S' VINO are TcearHeo
az 1"e ~ uoulhS u AVSsSli,ia. HnHhH'lN',
~ G'Iiit " 'o!,ei'N ~ M 49, petVass
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thorc for ma L,,tis,, ~ ,lc ,,,l,,Io
THO F,I,nn,i,,'r L. a., f,st,f,n ,,ricn
the slayn Ioain,, na,,tnrn Not. ,,i.tir,g,
/ Thov ,,n int. VILLAGE tokn u,itb than
oiIl,g nr inadg ryjts 81 III ana nr,.a.
/ marts Thp,, svchg,,,a thea tb;ncs f,r
/ eiavca or whatcvers thev CON @nf Tha
/ rorrba,,ts qona ,Lo eIaycs nI,iI,try ou,n,y
wi,tont ,n,,ch ,rnl,t,,n AMI nva1,naiI,
| n,o,, ara trainna ~, N,1sy,1In,ong TLnJ,
orn tato,, ,hrn,Iah Rls,ns ~ WassouaE
ord ,L,, sor't ,loc to IodIa ,'.ho,',
tbey arg n.y. cont t 70 TmrLar hv lana Az for
price if a female he Of conner color and
/ rood features she will bring IA much as
| %1An or ab0ni c28 --that il nj the market
/ in Nctcmmeth. which isa wholesale mar
! ket The retail nrira Il accordinr ia fine
/ state of The market to which they Are first
taken. When sold in the second market
they vary in nrire Ifamapt ook a fancy
/ To n female slave he would nerh,ns rive
500 more than another man
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20 ~ 500
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r. 49, T, 90 IN IA ~ an
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axe ri' s'S 40" 1884,. H. ,,,i lloa'
49, 20 ~ ~
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, ,'',i 49, - pal' ~ apy SSLi,i"
,t. L.i '., ,I'',"' '0' 40' "''''A's
''9 , "a titan '''JO0'''
y hen askcd Il he beleVed that all The
/ $4,000 or 10000 annual capuyes were IN
/ the war ana Sola ~ the ChIois VINO cap
ldrtd thcm 70 me traders General hlrK'
nam, III substance, answered You
must nhaefssanu that Allcr MI, "thn.ty
returned from inc discovery OF LIVING
stone ne drought mn en- 10 ueit concern
,nE 'he save tfaae q EAST Africa 'T.
LIVINGSTONE hal also INFORMED me F"r-
ciEn Otrlce rs 70 ne siAVt 'fauc gong on
IN the interior Her Majesty gnnDoats
Kept so close aWatoh That 1t was lmposs
Slple to ret slaves down to The coast Vi
rect; SO they took them through TO Bogos.
Al }hr lntefYlc" between inc sultan ana
lSmmi Pasha, when the latter was made
hhcdiVe, an understanding was, / PC
iltVe, come TO respecting the slave trade.
INC MHSsulmans ot turkey ana Egypt
must have Il supply 81 slaves to 90 their
W"fk--f"r the real turks WI not 90 any
u''n'"I service hesc 0V'ooV or oo,0Vo
s,"NEn az 'lhP9I''o nHa pi"nhnl UP "
tu' n""H,'"Ieu"" '",ui' ~, ~" T'h'Ip5 Gu
III u"In1 we "iI'Y WON nc aFcS Ina'
NY NOV N"NC"ln war wa are ,"lIe'eo I"I WIN
p''San'S' VINO WA a'eH "'lO sen mem
T"PP"So you "Fe SHAWL lHe'C"eul' "uu
hhH" "ntfo 'iyit are ,nIec " TOUT E"ou
~ KIM E',INl s'oHi '''e,. ai''F Sel' men =,
70 YOU, Huo man, VINO may INV cur
utta Oh ms own, VIII 60 ana s'eA' I"o
CHi'"Teh OF announcer person, rs many Us
ne may gel nc Ira"oF mas 3tlehoanlS
WIN MN ana mui's ana cameiS' ana Ne
KNOWS now 10 &et slaves ana carry
lhen OIL ne law IS so s'fIct t!,al any
man, "heihef NhrissiAn or M"han'ht
dah, louhd IN AoysSih'a scIihg q save Is
hanged on the hrst lfte, WtIhout Judge or
Jury w hoeVer ealches 'lm hangs MN