The sun., 1889-12-08
THE eREArEsr sbATE MARE
It ~ In Turkey, Even In ConstantInopIe-
There the Herman Trnhde Exists In its
Highest Deveiopment-HeIp Hoped For,


There the Human Trafno Exists In its
Highest DevelOpnent-Heip Hoped For.
IRON TIE London Daf,V Esos
The influential Turkish gentleman at Con.
etantlnople whose letter on the situation In
Turkey as viewed by Mohammedan we pub
| lished on tho 4th inst, now writes to us:
The Antl-slayery Conference. which Is to
meet At Brussels, csG1mnosed Of Tsprssentatlves
powers, VIZ. Turkey, Persia, and zanzibar,
Societies. Is looked upon here with much inter.
est. as the he Conferences; presume p VIII have 70
to abolish the traffic. in slaves In Africa, and
more especially in the Turkish province OF
batp 1ns aR1 tns SGa9t 9i Ise hed sea seSms
in this great Dollt tico humanitarian. meeting
are not aware where the, market for slaves
tTafIlo in It's highest development and oxtep:
II TSsFS are 6Tos eassSsP slaves deal. in in
eroesI ~ the Kbyssinl lans (HaSechi. Of dark
ap rsss ersS sae SsSSS
pLre, EXCEPT In Iripoli where S they are imported
TONS g All Pas6a: WHO was Grand tlzieT, al the
iR Turkey Al Spa.d was friend o. LIE England FRA
SSSta sstor tEs late Sultan S'aPsc G9 WRS 4s
was liberal sovoreis2. the necessary. DEGREES
srSc aRd From day the rao 6acEs% Raa
at an end In Turkey, and 4 any transactionS
Tk illegal As the Puc IN A5sssi4sns aed
Circassaps, "A Al u promised Mise her Majestys repre-:
o hs All the
q the nqtiop4 la and That that he was the flrst sufferer
6arom, and Gao. 900 or f50,oOO, his yearly allow.
Sos wss sSd MT .p e keep up As num-
followed him few years, after. and all hopes
of any reforms in Turkey were buried 10
soon followed and Turkey entered into spe.
srn RRe saSeaS
ment in the heart Of Europe and IN the oapi:
which wishes to be Within the Circle q the
family Of the soyereigns, Of Europe. II the
powers prefer courtlng one man to seeks
the Interests oi hnmnniiy and CiviiiSation. the the
SSE Rst RSFf % R6:
en- On TIE subject f9r % while the members Of the
the II $ n b6nss
paaIshah Wish to sla tEe fs't oonisronaS q j.
IN human Ssinss E ssrrIsa On % here ere 'n' t,"llO
There are actually at Stamboul about ninety
The slaves are lodged In houses known By i; tie
sort Of Merchandise: The principal slays
n S6 They %aSdm@ IN
med. me- Eyoub, souieimanie, soatari, ddD and AZ
kGssm PSsh TIE slaves ere
and tho trying climate OF our city docs not
suit them; An Abyssinhian maidSn ne from l4
TO ~ is worth Sbl. from I S9 to l2o iiras e lire
sSS %Re sases Has ai erns more %
g to 500 % and those II from aff s6 from
to 1000 iiras. The, price varies according to
ments Singers and musicians generally bring
good price. In the days OF Ismaq Pasha the
should G be S noted here that the slaves exported
TO Egypt greatly improved the breed OF the
m ns Who has RsI oe moe9
father Circassian slave. from the Egyptian
raees l0f
is that Q slave has NO relations !mother.in;law
obedient and eoono mical, and very aflecti9nat0
So%d Es msseEs SsSd oT MaRs ny TSI
but may Sthers would be t99 glad e Gbta
cared s N for richly dressed @ n and % SaVe % costly
Jewels. They die with their lady. and are
a A@onR 81 who
we're he most noted iQr shsis Ss 1indnsss snS
rOy Rsypt Mehe@et A fS Duns
her lifetime she gave monthly sllowanssss.
had some eighty OF them married to respecta:
b!e gentlemen, ten % and nd gave to each dpwry Of
years ago, she made will granting, freedom to
all her slaves and distributing to them yalua-
her es Wiz sres Endnofs snd
generosity. | give these details as an Impair
also mn me here othey
who are treated with brutality and barbarity-
when q girl OF Is is compelled TO submit to the
Boy. There are hundreds OF young girls
who are sold to persons who sell them
beauty. It Is revolving to see su to what eXteDs
slavery is encouraged here; and how many OF
from the brutality OF their masters and how
many others are ported against their will. In
general. slavery hero Is the curse Of the coun~
:, In few lines VIII e5plaipp how slave is
health. II her state and aecompl lishments are
approved she is purchased. The following is
OF the proprietor OF the slayej declare to have
sold to X The name nan Of the purchaserI the
gold, which slave is my property; have re-
ceived the money in full. and declare that x,
that he is satisfied with her actual state tSeI
and name Of the seer.
Slavery Is against the religion OF Islam. !
have consulted many high Softas about 1t, and
find 1t Illegal. But hero customs and usaRes
become law, and the imperial harems contain
more than loo purchased slaves: Many slaves
ish Ambassador and her Majestys Consulate.
but all that these authorities could do was to
put themselves in communication with the po-
lice. Once the slaves 90 10 the police. God
knows what becomes Of them The British
Embassy and Consulate have no authority to
protect slaves. Slavery could only be sup
pressed by tho Sultan issuing q general
decree granting liberty to all slaves. and
strong representation and pressure Of Europe,
We know that this slavery as Ali Pssha used
poIyRamy, which brings thousands OF other
evils wi II; yet Europe. which is desirous Of
IN tie centre Of furope II Is not as
the civilized powers pretend to ignore the
atrocities OF Armenia on account of the far dis
OF Constantlnople, at the gates OF Europe. IL
astonishing and really IncOmn nrahanRIhlA