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extended to the miesions, - ".., subjugation to the
Company could be almost as distasteful to the settlers
and miecionaries ... as the rule of Gcrmanjr or the Free
State,, r' The conflict no doubt developed from the
aggressively commercial aims of the 13. S. A. Co. and their
disregard for the rights of the natives, -- the Rhodes type
of Imperialism had little in common whcn, put into practicer
with that of the philanthropists In 18941 the Foreign
Office assumed direct control of Nyasaland, and the now
protectorate was greeted with unfeigned delight by the
Missions and the A. S-#S. (2)
The humanitarians also approved of the protectorate
over Zanzibar acquired in 1890 after an agreement with
Germany to exchange Zanzibar for Heligoland, and finally to
delimit British and German spheres of influence in East
Africa. The Government had for some time been under
pressure from the philanthropists to abolish slavery in
Zanzibar
and Pemba$ and a protectorate was regarded os a
major step in this direction. in 1894-5 the A. S. &. the
(1) Ibid.
(2) See A. S#S, minute books E2 11iminuten of meeting 7th February
1890