New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11

quoted. TO the effect that existing rights over
concubnes shall remain as before. unless their
freedom is claimed on account of cruelty. Against
such conservative forces Seyyid Bargash battled
bravely and accomplished something but. dy-
Ing left the task unfinished to his successors.
For many years down to 1886 Zanzibar was
the chief outlet Of Africa for the Oriental slave
trade. And that the chief part OF the whole
traffic in Africa In 1876 British officers reported
that fully $1,000 slaves had been shipped from
Pemba-one Of the chief island ports OF Zanzibar.
Thereupon q British warship was stationed of
shore TO intercept slave vessels and put an en-
barge upon the whole business. Thereafter
dozens OF dhows were captured every year. and
sometimes vessels Of a larger type The Sultan
Of Zanzibar cordially co-operated with the Brit
ISL efforts but tho Sultan OF Comoro Islands en-
couraged the slave trade to the utmost OF his
ability The campaign marked with some
tragic Incidents and some international COM
Pile ations for example. the deporable Brownrigg
care A British officer in 1881 attempted to
stop a SLAYER OF 10 tons, showing French colors.
off the coast Of Pemba. 1t would seem that the
unresIsted seizure OF the pirate vessels had mis-
led Captain Brownrlgg 20 the conclusion that
armed resistance was seldom. II ever. to be an
ticipated and that cruising off Pemba In his
pnnace with but eight European hands he
sighted the dhow. Not choosing to raise any
question Of international difficulty. he forbade
his men showing their arms and. wearing his
uniform, went on board the suspected ship While
he was looking at the slaYers papers the latter's
commander made signal TO his men, who poured
n volley into the pinnace and boarded her before
they could reply. Left alone to defend himself.
Brownrigg shot two OF his nssailants, but at
length sank under twenty sabre wounds The
rative seamen jumping overheard, escaped The
stoker and a native servant. who survived, man
aged to pick up some OF their fugitive companions
and bring the pinnace into harbor
Brownrgg unquestonably owed his death TO
his punctiousness out OF Difference 10 the
French flag he refrained from armng his men.
his intention being to verify her papers and the
Use Of the French flag. Had he armed his men.
the result would have been different. The Arab
master ono Hindi-bin- Khotum was a pretended
French subject who had been lately released from
nr,son on an improved charge OF slave dealing.
The Sultan OF Zanzibar at once ordered a force to
surround the place where the crew Of the dhow,
panic-strcken at what they had done, were hid
ing on the coast of Pemba. After a desperate
resistance they made prisoners. and their
chief died from his wounds The French Govern
ment expressed deep regret at the tragic events
reported and repeated their assurance that their
naval officers continued TO receive strict orders
to prevent the misusing Of the colors OF the re-
public by the slave dealers.
But the ocean traffic in slaves is a small part
Of the whole Internal business. Slavery Is
domestic institution SO while not more than
10 900 q year were reaching Pemba for shipment
TO Asia fully 100000 a year were being enslaved
in Africa itself The majority OF captured ne
eroes men. women and children. although ex-
ported TO long distances. do not go beyond the
African coast. but enforced labor. domestic serv-
ice the harems lnternecine conflicts and wars
human sacrifices and cannihasm. destroy thou'
sands OF them The minority only. especially
those who are captured after having been hunted
down by the Arabs. constitute the black stock
OF the export trade. portion OF the captured
negroes are sent to the Mussuman States on tho
African seaboari and to the OF the Sahara
Others are sent 10 the Mussuman States or Asia,
and to the Islands in the Indian ocean.
Writing In THE Nineteenth Century not long
ago upon this subject. that 1udiccus observer
Oswald Crawfurd called to mind the fact that