Dhow Chasing in Zanzibar Waters - The Search For Mecca

CHAPTER XV,
Immense number of Slaves released—Misconception of the
term "Domestic Slaves"—Many Slaves conveyed
under that Name—Distinction quite clear—What are
Domestic Slaves and what are not—What has become
of liberated Africans—Tariff of Wages—Efforts to
improve their Condition— Missions—The Jesuits.
/^N the East Coast of Africa, there were
released 1071 slaves in the year 1868, and
in the following year 1108, this latter number
was perhaps the largest that had been set
free for many years, and so alarmed the Indian
authorities for fear, I presume, that it should
rouse the anger of the Imaum of Muscat, and
the petty chiefs of Arabia and the Persian Gulf,
that a Commission was organized to inquire
into the circumstances
attending the captures.
I have not seen the Report or the evidence
given before that Commission, and I gather