Huntsville gazette., 1886-02-06
The Present Domain Of Siav
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6efest.
A few months sfter the fall OF khar-
oum. last year, it was announced
that the trafc in slaves had been re-
sumed in t. at city on all Immense
Gales. The route folio we'd by slave
caravans from Central Afsica, once
closed by Gen. Gordon, which Dr..
Felkin says his marked by an almost
,nbroeen line of skeletonss from the
B .hr ell Ghszal TO KFa, tour, bad
,een rcopened.
The parts Of the world where slave
uniting rairs still enrich q lew men
md bring untold suffering upon
thousands, or where the bohdsEan
/. still d.iven to his heavy tasks, are
ar mere extensive than we are apt
think. In Africa, in Europe, IN
isis, in Suutb America, III Ill nds
1 nearly every sea, slavery still tx
sts as a domestic institution, and
large populations are Still the prey
u men steslers. If we mark IN
lack those regions in Africa were
luman bondage still fourishes, only
ape Colony, Algeria, and few
.;;ots on the west coast will be left
. show that the continent is not
wholly the domain Of slavery. Africa
is not only curaed with every i'll be-
sotten of domestic slavery, but it ia
,lso the source from which more
nan half the Mohammedan world
derives it's supply Of bondsmen.
The fact is CRAFTY ing that through
thu operati ns OF the leading nations
the area within which slave mer
chants prosper is gradually lessen
ing. The occupation Of the Turco
| man man stealer is gone since Rus
.ia set its heel upon him and freed
his Persian slaves, Of whom 40 600
| we're found in the Khanate Of Khiva
alone The Shan states of Indo- Chi
IA are still the hunting ground Of
slave dealers, who every year carry
many hundreds of captivss down the
Mex hong River into Cambodia, down
the Menam River into Siam, and
over the mountains into AGnsm; but
the influence of England and OF
France is becoming paramount in
these regions, English and Slamese
schemes for railroads through the
heart of the slave producing coun-
tries are being favorably considere d,
and it is believed that III the near fu
ture the slave traffic among the Shan
tribes will be effectually discouraged.
Among the greatest Of slave stealers
has been the Ameer of Afghanistan,
whose barbarous raids into the beau
tiful valleys of Kafristan, just north
of India, have threatened thes Ka6r-
nation, numbering 100000 souls,
with d stluction. These aids, in
cited almost solely by the high mar
ket valne Of the nearly white female
slaves, have for the past few years
bAen severely discouraged by the Ii \
dian Government, and the Ka6rs now
enjoy comparative immunity fl ON
the incursions of their Mohammt dsn
oppressors. Last years revt latiuns,
also, with regard to the horrors OF
he Pacific labor traffic, where hun
reds If natives were torn from
tbeir hon. S ia New Guinea and
other islands to toll On the Queens
land ard FIJI plantations. have re-
suited in the Imprisonment of some
Of the leading kidnappcrs and the
sudden suspension # their slave
stealing enterprises.
Still tie process OF wiping out
slavery wherever it has become q
part Of the social fabric is very slow.
1t wonld require such convulsion rs
that which uprooted slavery in our
land suddenly TO tear out its found :
tions in apy country where it h IS U.
come sn institution. BY the co
veDtion which England made with
Egypt IN 1877 the protibitioa of the
s4le OF slaves between families
throughout Egypt went into effect
in August, 1881. This provision
hs xever, is sail 10 be as yet. almost
8 dead letter. The demand for n