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The Slave Trade

           Livingstone,thedayafteroneofthesemen-hunts,nolongerrecognizedtheprovinceshehadvisitedafewmonthsbefore.AlltheothertravelersGrant,Speke,Burton,Cameron,andStanleydonotspeakotherwiseofthiswoodedplateauofCentralAfrica,theprincipaltheaterofthewarsbetweenthechiefs.Intheregionofthegreatlakes,overallthatvastcountrywhichfeedsthemarketofZanzibar,inBornouandFezzan,farthersouth,onthebanksoftheNyassaandtheZambesi,fartherwest,inthedistrictsoftheupperZaire,whichthedaringStanleyhasjustcrossed,isseenthesamespectacleruins,massacres,depopulation.ThenwillslaveryinAfricaonlyendwiththedisappearanceoftheblackrace;andwillitbewiththisraceasitiswiththeAustralianrace,ortheraceinNewHolland?

           ButthemarketoftheSpanishandPortuguesecolonieswillclosesomeday.Thatoutletwillbewanting.Civilizednationscannolongertoleratetheslavetrade!

           Yes,withoutdoubt;andthisyeareven,1878,oughttoseetheenfranchisementofalltheslavesstillpossessedbyChristianStates.However,forlongyearstocometheMussulmannationswillmaintainthistraffic,whichdepopulatestheAfricancontinent.Itisforthem,infact,thatthemostimportantemigrationoftheblacksismade,asthenumberofnativessnatchedfromtheirprovincesandbroughttotheeasterncoastannuallyexceedsfortythousand.LongbeforetheexpeditiontoEgyptthenegroesoftheSeunaarweresoldbythousandstothenegroesoftheDarfour,andreciprocally.

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