"Spice of Slavery"


The historian of Lodhi does not agree with the figure of N.Diai. "17 million? How is this possible when the total population of Africa at that time may not even have been 40 million? There were no such statistics then."


The old messages were also methodically questionable. For example, David Livingston, a Scottish missionary and researcher, estimated that 50,000 slaves were sold annually in the markets of Zanzibar. "Even today, the number of people living in Zanzibar is not close to 50,000. They have no arms or legs," Lodhi said.


Not all slaves were taken to Egypt or Saudi Arabia. Since 1820, Omani settlers began growing carnations in Zanzibar to meet the growing demand in the global market. Large plantations developed rapidly, and slaves could be bought cheaply at a nearby slave market.

According to the American historian Frederick Cooper, from 1839 to 1860, the number of carnations exported increased from 565 (1,246 pounds) to 12,600 kilograms. Zanzibar's reputation evolved from a slave trade center to a slave trade center, which featured famous figures such as the legendary slave trader Tippoo Tip.


The end of slavery?


At the end of August 1791, slave revolts began in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. These two uprisings significantly contributed to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, slavery, and colonialism in Africa.


However, it was not until 1873 that Sultan Seyyed Bargash of Zanzibar, under pressure from Britain, signed a treaty according to which the slave trade in his territories was illegal. This decree was also not effectively implemented. It was not until 1909 that slavery was finally abolished in East Africa.


According to author N'Diaye, slavery still exists, albeit in a different form. It is estimated that about 40 million people worldwide are still living in slavery. There are hundreds of thousands of them in Africa. "In Mauritania, they say that slavery has been abolished, but in fact the situation in North Africa has not changed much. Young people are enslaved against their will, forced to work, and sexually exploited."

Lodhi reports that organized slave markets have been reported from Libya, and a case of slavery was uncovered in Tanzania a few years ago. "A mine was found in a remote area where 50-60 boys were forced to work. They were not paid, and they lived in a camp guarded by armed men."


Diai says that the consequences of slavery in East Africa are not as serious as the economic consequences of the Western colonization of Africa. "The economy of many of these countries is still dominated by the West, and this topic is being discussed by many intellectuals. But Diai says that what has been happening in East Africa for centuries should also be discussed openly."


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