The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-07
Eae Biave Trade on the East et,,oass 81

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The Tnses Of Iadia gives. i stirring &c.
couht OF the capture OF a slave dow near Ras.
eibad, In the Gull of Persia, by the boats OF
ner Ma)esty's ship Vuiture. When the cap
| ture was completed it was found that the
crew aud passengers, including the slave
merchants, comprised thirty-siS Arabs. all
heavily armed. "The number of slaves il
was impossible at the time to estimate. So
crowded on deck and in the hold below was
the dow that 1t seemed, but for the aspect of
misery, very nest of ants. The hold
from which an intolerable stencil pro.
ceedcd--was several inches deep In the
louicst bilSe water and refuse. Down
below there were numbers of children and
wretched beings in the most loathsome stages
OF smallpox and scrofula Of every descrip-
ton. a more disgusting and degrading
spectacle OF humanity could hardly be seen
while The fou'ness of the dow was such that
the sailors could hardly endure it. When
the slaves We're transferred 10 the Vulture
the poor, wretcbed creatures were so dread
iully emaclated and weak that many had to
be carried on board and lifted for every
movement. How twas that so many had sur
vlved such hardshipS was a source of wonder
to all That belonged to the Eulture. On en-
animation by the surgeon it was found that
there were no less than tbirty-fyc cases Of
smallpox in various stages, and from the time
OF the first taking of the dow to their landing
at Butchers Island, Bombay, fifteen died out
of the whole number of 169, and since then
there have been more deaths among them
But perhaps the most atrocious piece of
cruelty of the Arabs was heard afterwards
from the slaves themsclvcs-yiz., that at the
first discovery Of smallpox among them by
tue Arabs all the infected slaves were at once
thrown overheard, and this was continued
day by day until, they said, forty had per-
i,hed in this manner. When they found
that the disease could not be checked they
simply left them to take their chances, and
die. Many of the children were of the ten
iereSt years, scarcely more than three years
old, and most Of them bearing marks of the
brutality of the Arabs in halEhealed scars
and bruises inflicted from the lash and
stick"
\ correspondent of London journal,
writing in confirmation Of recent reports of
the slave trade carried on from the higher
parts Of the Nile, says that ut poiut OH the
White Nile above Khartoum the slave
dealers diyeIgc towards Nlatamma, on the
borders of Abyssinia. "Here the hunters
dispose of their plumber to resident dealers,
who, in turn, march the poor wretches TO
MaSSowah and Souakiul. on the coast. I
was at MaSsowah for some time in 1869,
and can attest that each little vessel car
rieu Il living freight out Of the place.
myself embarked ut MaSsowah in small
Arab trader, bound to Goufidah and Gcdda
On leaving the port the number on board
appeared to lie four of crew, three resident
Moslems of Massowah Oh Il pilgrimage to
Mecca, and myself, en- route for SuCz. But
| shortly after leaving--that is, when we
were few miles out at Sea.-cighteen
| little black boys made their appear
ancc from underneath the cargo; like
wise five little girls, Of ages ranSins from ten
! to fifteen, were slowed in a small space at
| the stern Of the vessel. All these were the
property of Il certain Abda!iah, native Of
| Gedda, and who was on board in charge Of
| them. His cruelty was beyond description.
Hardly word of Arabic could the little
ones speak, yet he forced upon them Islam
with an impatcncc that made them writhc
again. For the FIRST two days nothing but
| La fNdh ii dHdh Sdyclnd lMohdmcd G RdS-
sooi ,Hnh could be heard. except ut inter-
| walls Il loud scream indicated that the door
| bag WAS heinz used numerically: On
arriving at Gauiitah two rather nnnteli-
| gent males were taken Oh shore and paladed
through the streets for Salc-Onc Of whom
| Was actually sold in NY presence for sum
| equivalent to SIG. The rest were taken on
| to Gedda. and or arrival lahded with myself
and the other three passengers" -Ner JorL.
Herald.