The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-03-19
STOLEN AFRICANS.
The Inhuman Slave Traffic Still
Carried On.
Arabs Engaged In Perpetuating tie
Slavery of Their Own Race -
How the Natives Are
Captured.

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G. Bronchi. italian consul general at
Zanzibar, who lately arrived here to
succeed Mr.. Lambertenghi as consul
general for the Italian government, has
a some curious experiences and seen
many strange things during his stay in
Africa. says the San Francisco Exam
lner. He spoke of the African .lave
trade as it is now carried on at and
near Zanzibar, told of the prowess of
the Arab slave catchers, and the efforts
OF the dhows to run the blockade and
land their human freight. One curious
thing which he recounted was that,
aside from the Arabs, those interested
IN the traffic were almost invariably
negroes. They are engaged in perpetu-
ating the slavery of their own race.
THE Arab captors," he said, ''are at
almost constant war with bands of
negroes in the interior, and for every
slave thai is captured and sold in
slavery thirty or forty die. Some of
them perish IN the attack, others
through privation while being trans
ferred from the interior to the coast
where they car be shipped, others
while on toe dhows.
They are substantially the same type
of the full-Liooded colored people YOU
see in the United States. They are
black as it is possible for people to be.
The Arabs who go hunting for
them penetrate hundreds and hundreds
OF miles in the interior. Most OF the
captures used to be made in the lake
region, but in late years it has been
pretty well stopped there. Since the
great powers have taken possession
and apportioned out Zanzibar the Arabs
are not allowed to pursue their nefari-
Gus business. Steps were taken right
to prevent them. Both England
and Germany, as well as Italy, among
which Zanzibar was divided, nave men
of-war on the alert for the slavers, but
every m~an-of-war that Germany or
Italy has England has ten to twelve.
task OF preventing the slave traffic,
devolves almost entirely on
England. s. does the best she can,
nevertheless the traffic goes on
in the degree it did formerly, but
till to n considerable extent. +,
Several ports are unguarded. and
nto these the dhows sail and wait till :
he bands of slaves are driven in from !
interior, where they have been =
aught. A dhow is from twenty to :
hlrty feet long, as a rule, though some :
re considerably larger. Fifty, sixty, a
undred or more naked slaves are
rowd! d into q dhow, andthe black men Z
/ charge, who have bought them from
1t Arabs. then make every effort to
IN the blockade. II
slavery itself, after the victims are ::
irned over to their final owner, is not =
bad. The Shareholders treat them T
lirly well, not beating or m%altreatinc =,
lem as a rule. The movements of T"
lese Arabs and their onslaughts are -
'nducted IN a desultory manner. T.
ands prey upon savages wherever
icy can be found. Cloves, which are y
'oduced in immense quantities in Fan
bar and the cultivation of which is =
e main industry, are grown by slaves. -,
They are kept laboriously at work -,
om one season to another. The ~
groes are not naturally Industrious. ~
ley would much rather play and sing =.
IN be kept at work in the forests and s
Ids. They make strenuous efforts to w
cape and frequently succeed. If an 49,.
,empt is made to capture them they e.,
IL fight to the death. Au
What gives the Arab s~lavers such
advantage over the poor Africans in
'1r native wilds are the guns which WI
y have in plenty. The natives. as a
e, are not SO equipped. They have ste
y their clubs and rude apo of
kinds and are unable to cope is
n the most improved European and {,
'erican weapons which the Arabs ca
re. Even now the Arabs are able to
ure SO many slaves that fifty or one an,
ldred dollars will buy one and some
es two slaves -