The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-25
SLAVES AND SLAVERY.

Slavery was abolished in Cuba in 1880.
Four Sultans or Caliphs were once
slaves.
The bred Scott decision was delivered
in 1857.
The creole case" was heard and settled
in 1871.
In Attica, 317 B. c., there were 400, 900
slaves.
In 1872 the slave trade was by Austria
declared illegal.
The emperor Of China is said to have
Wealthy Romans often owned as many
as 10000 slaves
The famous "Aimsted case" was heard
and decided in 1885,
Serfdom in Denmark was abolished by
Christian VII. in 1866.
According to the Hebrew law, debtor
might be sold as slave.
The Republican party, the part of eman
cipation, was formed in 1854
In the time of Homer captives taken in
war were reduced to slavery.
Turkish history states that forty-two
sultanS were the sons of slaves.
In 1902 serfdom was abolished in the
Prussian dominions by Frederick I.
A church now stands on the site Of the
former slave mart in Zanzibar.
Anti-slavery societies were formed in
New York and Philadelphia in 1888.
Nehemiah forbade a Hebrew making
slave of one of his own nation.
In Persia a nobleman's wealth is Judged
from the number of his slaves.
The traffic in slaves was suppressed in
the District of Columbia in 1857.
In 1848 all slaves were freed in the
French possessions in the West Indies.
In Turkey no stain attaches to the name
of a man who was once a slave.
A female dancer brought, in the slave
mart of Attica, from $500 to $780,
A wealthy Roman, in the reign of Nero,
paid $1,000 for female flute player.
The Danes were the first to abolish
slavery in their West Indian possessions
In 1917 the United States agreed with
Spain to abolish the trade in African
slaves.
rhe John Brown raid spread the Wild
est excitement through the country in
1852
The serfs of the Middle ages were
bought and sold with the estates, like the
cattle.
In 1871 serfdom was abolished in the
German Empire by Joseph H., then En-
peror.
slave trading on the high seas to be
piracy
Women sold as slaves into Turkish
households often attain positions of great
influence.
The Hebrew word for slave or servant
comes from a verbal root signifying to
work sO..asntus
In 1894 was arranged the famous con-
vention with France for the suppression
Of slave trade.
Up to the time of the American revolu-
ton slavery existed in every part Of the
United States.
Uncle Toms Cabin" an important fac
tor in the anti-slavery agitation, was pub
lished in 1852.
Slave labor in Rome was worth pence
a day, and an able bodied slave brought
f6 sterling.
Slave hunting, or man stealing, was un-
der pain of death, forbidden by Nehemiah
to the Jews
The sultan of Zanzibar was one of the
last leading African potentates to give up
the slave trade.
The Missouri compromise occupied the
attention Of the legislators at various
times from 1917 to 1921.
AS late as 1860 40, 600 African slaves were
annually transported from the Dark con-
tinent to Cuba.
by the enactment of the Kansas and Ne
braska bills. was in 1854.
The number Of slaves emancipated in
ton in 1863 was 3S90.000.
A doctor brought in the slave markets
of Rome from 5000 to $500, according to
his reputation for skill.
During the sixtye years ending with
1S47 ,462, 900 slaves were transported from
Africa to the Americas.
Chinese parents, unable or unwilling to
provide for their children, sell them to
whomsoever will buy.
Among the Jews all slaves, except such