New Britain herald., 1929-03-22
SLAVES LEFT YET
 IN REMOTE LANDS
Inland China Has MOSt-Afrl- can Slave Trade Ended

Washington. D C, March 22 - Persia. land Of Omar knayyam and the Peacock Throne has abolished slave trading by act Of the NaJlls, the Persian National Assembly. Ac- cordiug to a bulletin from the Wash inston, D. C, headquarters of the National Geographic society. this edicr reveals that slavery is yet rife in many Aslastic and African coun- tries.
 Inland China with ils huge pop ulatjon has perhaps the largest num- ter of slaves Of any country" the bulletin states. "out Chinese slaves ;are seldom accorded the harsh treatment orc- given the African negro. Tn China the slaves, mostly girls, arc adopted when very young, and are trained in the cares of the household. Slavery Is nomlna.ly abolished and Very little Of Y is ap- parent near the coast but in some of the more Inaccessible parts slave 1narts do a thriving business. In such places the founding hospitals are the chief sources Of supply for the purchase Of girl slaves.
 slaves in Arabia
 The Arabs Were historic slave traders Of thg past bg. modern dis approval has limited their trading There are still slaves in Arabia, but tle majority or them were porn lnio bondage. They regard themselves as better than the ordinary trIpesmen. Usually they are found in the house. hold Of some elnir or tribal chief, well fed. we'll protected and loved by their masters.
 Slavery Is regarded in 2 varying light in different parts Of the Ara bian peninsula. In the great desert districts ot Jebel Shammar and Nejd any household Of any preten- sion has it's slaves. They are reCk- oned in the wealth Of a shelk with his horses and his camels. In the IIadramaut slaves follow the proses- sions Of their masters and often rise to positions Of honor and trust. some slave trading is still car rIed on in Hasa. now q province ot the Sultan Of N~id. Before the war the trade fourished there under Turkish rule and il is dying out gradually. The many negroes 10 be found in Hasa. kowelt and Oman, the Arabian provinces on the Per sian Gulf, are survivors Of the days when the gulf was filled with boats bearing negroes brought from Africa by the Arab traders. Slaves ln Ara bia may ride to any British outpost and obtain their freedom but few avail themselves of this privilege.
 slavery on the Barbary Coast
 Gone are the days when Morocco, Tunis and AIglers were slave marts. not only for negroes but for fair skinned Circassian and Georgian beauties. The famous slave trade ot the Barpary Coast is q thing Of the past. There are still slaves but the buying and selling of human prop erty is frowned upon. In southern Morocco where some trading yet cX- ists, women are favored Of the mar ket. They are more expensive be- cause they are useful in the house. hold and can attend the women Of the harems. Many boy slaves are given their liberty when they grow ID.
 Slaves may be bought on many of the cases in the north African desert. In kufra. in the Libyan des- ert. blacks are smuggled in from Sudan and sold for goodIy sums In the Saharan oases, the TuaTegs practice slavery. These Tuaregs are adventurous. warlike people, scorn- ful of domesticity, so they obtain slaves from Hausaland, in the south- ern Sahara, to do their menlal tasks Even here slave raids and slave Earavans are growing fewer. The