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The Slave Trade

           GeneralBonapartewasabletobuyaprettylargenumberoftheseblacks,ofwhomhemadeorganizedsoldiers,liketheMamelukes.Sincethen,duringthiscentury,ofwhichfour-fifthshavenowpassedaway,commerceinslaveshasnotdiminishedinAfrica.Onthecontrary.

           And,infact,Islamismisfavorabletotheslavetrade.Theblackslavemustreplacethewhiteslaveofformertimes,inTurkishprovinces.Socontractorsofeveryoriginpursuethisexecrabletrafficonalargescale.Theythuscarryasupplementofpopulationtothoseraces,whicharedyingoutandwilldisappearsomeday,becausetheydonotregeneratethemselvesbylabor.Theseslaves,asinthetimeofBonaparte,oftenbecomesoldiers.WithcertainnationsoftheupperNiger,theycomposethehalfofthearmiesoftheAfricanchiefs.Underthesecircumstances,theirfateisnotsensiblyinferiortothatoffreemen.Besides,whentheslaveisnotasoldier,heismoneywhichhascirculation;eveninEgyptandatBornou,officersandfunctionariesarepaidinthatmoney.WilliamLejeanhasseenitandhastoldofit.

           Suchis,then,theactualstateofthetrade.

           MustitbeaddedthatanumberofagentsofthegreatEuropeanpowersarenotashamedtoshowadeplorableindulgenceforthiscommerce.

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