The Republican journal., 1872-07-18
Scene in a Private African Slave Mart



Scene in a Private African Slave Mart.
hhartoum a frica Feb. 10 Special Correspondence
of the New \ urk Herald.
The women, the villagers of Berber. are
Arab, negro ana Abys>inan. Ihe Arabs
come mostly from the lower Nile. or be
long to the dushy Fellahine of the Soudan
While the negroes and AbvsSimiaI.S arc
the product OF slave trading in the Sou
dan. Being anxious to see Berher domcs-
uc.tilN, just a. it is. | caused it To be re-
ported that wished to buv Il female slave.
There was no public markets, SO became
acquainted with Il syrian merchant, who
had been one month Il resident of Berbtr.
'oi course | can sell YOU "A slave" said
he IN French. "Where are they ?' The
merchant was seated in his store, the most
elegant IN Town, drinking a sherbet and
smoking a chibouk. He rose to accompsl-
ny me. The counter lonlers had in the
meantime gathered from all the other
shops in the bazaar, and had 1tQ0 r0re,
opened fire OF complaints agains, the
Government. listened patiently to the
STORY "t thelr woes, oppressive taxation,
poilre-reStralnts, high interests, no mon
ey. tlal trade with only that Importance
I. 4,
""i''" 'eis"h can assume VII" mas no
- r." 9 10 le.iieS9 2rleNuuS wrong
:, 'o'u ''ieni Si?'liliealtiy lfial wohia re-
H. Ct upon their petitions. Conscious of
being mighty in their nIidst-rather in the
mIdSt Of their maginations-l passed out
OF the shop. dctiling by their revcrenti;tl
>alaanS Probably not one man in the
Knot knew where America was The
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