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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10 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE Hon. C. Vivian. 10 July 1871. does not look upon slavery in the light that we do. 158. You do not think there is any insuperable obstacle in putting down the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa?—Not if we were really in earnest ; of course it is difficult, but by no means insuperable, 159. Mr. Crum-Ewing.'] Have you any in formation as to the manner in which the slaves are treated after they are sold by the Arabs ?— I fancy it depends on whose hands they fall into ; in many cases they fall into good hands ; gene rally, in Mahomedan countries, the masters treat their slaves kindly ; all the cruelty is in bringing them from the interior. 160. Lord F. Cavendish.] If the treaty you recommended was pressed on the Sultan of Zan zibar, do you imagine that he would be likely to accept it?—Yes, if properly and justly pressed upon him ; you would have to take into conside ration the serious loss of revenue which the abolition of the trade would cause to him ; in fact, it would require money. 161. He would not consent to put an end to the slave trade within a fixed date without the payment of a sum of money down?—He would not consent to give up his right to transport slaves within the prescribed limits without the payment of compensation. 162. You stated that there is a great loss of life when the slave vessels run ashore, in order to escape our cruisers ; do you imagine that there are many such cases every year ?—I should think, taking the whole slave season through, there is considerable loss of life, 163. Are many more ships run ashore than captured ?—That 1 cannot tell you. 164. Are the great bulk of these slaves men or women ?—Men, I believe, but you will get valuable information upon those points from Mr. Rothery. 165. Have there been any recent negotiations with Persia and Turkey on the subject of the slave trade ?—When we wrote this Despatch to Mr. Churchill on the 16th of June last, desiring him to press this treaty upon the Sultan, we at the same time wrote to Persia and to Turkey, begging them to act up to their engagements with us. We have not proposed any new treaty with them. 166. Have you had any answer from Persia and Turkey to those communications?—Yes; we have had a very satisfactory answer from Persia. 167. What has been the answer from Turkey? —Turkey is always ready to do what we ask her when we show her the particular point. If we point out a particular case, she is always ready to take means to punish the offender in the particu lar case ; but generally, in Turkey, no doubt they wink at the introduction of slaves. 168. The Imaum of Muscat would have a greater power of putting down this trade than anybody else, I presume?—Yes. 169. Has he any pecuniary interest in the trade?—Yes; I believe there is a tax levied in Muscat on the import of slaves, just as there is a tax in Zanzibar on the export of slaves. 170. Would not negotiations with the Imaum of Muscat seem to promise at least as good a chance of success as negotiations with the Sultan of Zanzibar ?—We have the strongest treaty in the world with him, but it is so much waste paper. The treaty of 1845 is with the Imaum of Muscat, because in those days Muscat and Zanzibar were one. 171. In spite of his evading the treaty, we compel the Sultan of Zanzibar to continue to pay over 8,000 Z. a year to the Imaum of Muscat? —Yes. 172. Chairman.] Have you heard that a num ber of slaves, and not an insignificant number, find their way from Zanzibar to Cuba ?—I have heard it, but I do not think there is any founda tion for such a statement.

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