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have continued, not for a thirty years' war, but for generations and
ages, one wonders, not that the people are no better, but that they
are still higher than brutes, or that they have not, at best, long since
sunk to the level of Australian savages."
It will be remembered that Sir Bartle Frere returned to
England, and shortly afterwards the new treaty was signed, of
which the following is a copy:—
u Treaty between Her Majesty and the Sultan of Zanzibar for the
Suppression of the Slave Trade,
" In the Name of the Most High God.
" Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, and His Highness the Seyyid Barghash-bin-Said,
Sultan of Zanzibar, being desirous to give more complete effect to
the engagements entered into by the Sultan and his predecessors for
the -perpetual abolition of the Slave Trade, they have appointed as
their Representatives to conclude a new Treaty for this purpose,
which shall be binding upon themselves, their heirs and successors,
that is to say. Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland
has appointed to that end John Kirk, the Agent of the English
Government at Zanzibar; and His Highness the Seyyid Barghash,
the Sultan of Zanzibar, has appointed to that end Nasir-bin-Said,
and the two aforenamed, after having communicated to each other
their respective full powers, have agreed upon and concluded the
following Articles:—
Article I,
" The provisions of the existing Treaties having proved ineffectual
for preventing the export of slaves from the territories of the Sultan
of Zanzibar in Africa, Her Majesty the Queen and His Highness the
Sultan above named agree that from this date the export of slaves
from the coast of the mainland of Africa, whether destined for trans
port from one part of the Sultan's dominions to another, or for con
veyance to foreign parts, shall entirely cease ; and His Highness the
Sultan binds himself ? to the best of his ability, to make an effectual
arrangement throughout his dominions to prevent and abolish the
same ; and any vessel engaged in the transport or conveyance of
slaves after this date shall be liable to seizure and condemnation by
all such Naval or other Officers or Agents and such Courts as may
be authorized for that purpose on the part of Her Majesty.
Article II.
u His Highness the Sultan engages that all public markets in his
dominions for the buying and selling of imported slaves shall be
entirely closed.