Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Title:: Report from the Select Committee on Slave Trade (East Coast of Africa); together with the proceedings of the Committee, minutes of evidence, appendix and index

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Year of publication:: 1871

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SLA STE 235 Report, 1871 —continued. Slave Dealers. Importance of summary measures being adopted towards the Arab slave hunters from the north, Hon. C. Vivian ly-ip. 79-81. 109-111 Practice of the slave dealers in the interior, who are principally Portuguese subjects, in causin-i native wars with a view to the captuie of slaves, TValler 938. 955. 956. Lawless character of the Arab slave dealers near Lake Nyassa, ih. 951, 952. Statement by the Committee as to the slave dealers who procure the slaves from the interior being mostly Arabs, subjects oí the Sultan of Zanzibar, iv Excessive cruelties practised by the slave dealers in the interior, ib. Conduct of the whole slave trade by sea by Arabs from Muscat and other ports on the Arabian coast, ib. See also Arabs. Slave Market {Zanzibar). Reference in a report from Admiral Cockburn to the disgusting treatment of the slaves in the Zanzibar slave maiket, Hon. C. Vivian 186. Sale ol the slaves at Zanzibar, either in open market or direct to the dealer, Rep. iv Provision in the proposed new treaty for closing the public slave market at Zanzibar, ih. vi. Somalees. Traffic in slaves on the Somali coast, beyond the limits of the Zanzibar territory, Churchill 311, 312—-Expediency of treaties being made with the chiefs on the Somali coast, and with certain other chiefs beyond the limits of the Zanzibar territory, ib. 354- 356. 400-407. Agreements between Great Britain and certain tribes of Somalees in 1856 and 1857 prohibit ng the exportation of slaves, App. 102, 103. Special Envoy. Proposal that a special envoy be sent to Zanzibar and Muscat in order to press the adoption of the required measures, and to give full explanations, Sir B. Frere 4.52. Squadron. See Cruisers. Steam Communication. Advantage of increased facilities of communication as tendino- to check the slave trade, ZTo». C. Vivian 105-1 og. 15^ ; Churchill 434- Suggestion made by the Slave Trade Committee at the Foreign Office for the establishment oAteam communication between India and Zanzibar, Sir J. W. Kaye 0.1 Great importance of lines of steam communication, and of postal facilities; aid to be given by Government in the matter. Sir B. Frere 452. 463-476. 482. 484. 525-528 Saving'to be effected as regards liberated slaves at Aden, if there were lines of steam communication ib 484. ’ Great value of steam communication in developing legitimate trade. Rep. viii, ix. Steam Launches. See Cruisers, 6. - Steere, Rev. Edward, JuT..T>. (Analysis of his Evidence.)—Was resident in Zanzibar for four years as a missionary under Bishop Tozer; had previously been in the Zambesi country, 985-990 Belief that the slaves taken to Zanzibar are almost always bouu-ht in the inteiioi, and that the desolation and wars in the interior do not arise directly from the slave trade, and are not caused with the view to supply slaves, 991. 991-996. 1035- 1041. 1107, 1108. 1122-1125. 1130 Excessive suffering and great mortality during the journey from the interior, 991. 993 -Frequency also of great suffering and mortality during the voyage between Zilwa and Zanzibar, 991, 992. 1050. ^ Condition of the emancipated slaves in Zanzibar, adverted to: they are generally free from molestation, 998-1001. iioi Moral degradation of the slaves in Zanzibar, 1001. 1004-1006 -Satisfactory result of the measures taken for the education of liberated slave children 111 Zanzibar, 1002-1006 Opinion that the present Sultan is more trust worthy than the late Sultan, and would co-operate for the suppression of the fbreiu^n slave trade, 1007-1013. 1091-1098. ° Inefficiency of the operations of the squadron Cor suppressing the slave trade • undue interferem e with legitimate traders, 1014-1016. 1069-1075 Instances of misconduct on the part of officers and crews, 1014. 1071-1075 Suggestion that some swift vessels of light draught be employed for pursuing the slave dhowshn the shallows, whilst larger vessels should watch the Arabian coast, 1014-1017. 1023. 1089, 1090 Statement in favour of the liberated slaves being all placed in Zanzibar, and being under British protection there; large demand for labour in the island, 1020. 1067. 1083-1088. 1000-1102. 1112- 1121. 1126-1129. Expediency of checking the practice of shipping slaves from Zanzibar to Lamoo, this being a mere blind for facilitating export to the coast of Arabia, 1024-1028. 1051-1054 Usefulness ot the appointment of vice-consuls at some of the ports, 1029-1031 Great want of improvement in the class of persons employed as interpreters, 1032-1034. Operations of the northern Arabs in Zanzibar, but not in the interior on the mainland 1040, 1041. 1054-1059—-Good health of witness at Zanzibar; some parts are doubtless very unhealthy, 1042 -1044. 1109-1111 Very healthy situation of Dar Selam on the mainland, 1044. llii. ’ 420. H H Steere

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