Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

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CHAPTER XIII.
Coudition of Slaves in Portuguese Territory—Cruelty—
Slave flogged to Death— Slaves escape to "Daphne"
— Slaves or "Free Negroes"—Refusal to give them
np-—Correspondence with the Governor—The " " Star
in sight—My Promotion—Fernando Veloso Bay—An
Interview with the Natives— Their Curiosity — A
Mystery—The Rivers of Africa.
/^F tlae condition of the slaves in the Portuguese
possessions, one has only to visit
Mozambique to
learn the cruelties practised by
their masters, who have the power of life and
death in their hands.
Mr. Young, in writing on this subject, in
the narrative of his research for Livingstone,
alluding to the Portuguese, says, " Sent out
here for a term of years, it best suits the powers
that be if they are never heard of, least of all
in their sole occupation, slavery and its at-
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