THE SLAVE RACES. 



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Scandinavian, vulgarly called Anglo-Saxon. In 

 East Africa adult settlers forget their mother- 

 tongue. 



And now of the slave races proper. 



The treaty of 1S45, which modified Capt. 

 Moresby's, of 1822, and Capt. Cogan's, of 1S39, 

 forbade exportation from the Zanzibarian ports 

 north of Laniu and its dependencies (S. lat. 1° 57') 

 and south of Kilwa (S. lat. 9° 2') : thus the upper 

 markets were cut off, and the traffic was con- 

 fined to the African dominions of the late Sawid. 

 The object of these provisions was, of course, to 

 avoid interference with the status of domestic 

 slavery, in the dominions of a foreign and friendly 

 power. It actually, however, led to what it was 

 intended to prevent. The vigilance and tlie sum- 

 mary measures of our Cape cruisers, especially 

 when commanded by men like Admiral Christo- 

 pher TTyvill, inflicted severe injuries upon, and 

 in some places almost abolished, the contraband. 

 I have said that the diminution of export has 

 materially benefited the Island and its popula- 

 tion. But at Zanzibar, as in the Guinea regions 

 and the African interior, pnedial slavery appears 

 still an evil necessity : upon it hinges not only 

 the prosperity but the very existence of the 

 present race. An abolition act passed in this 



