Emery County Progress | 1905-03-18 | Page 2 | Slaves Satisfied with Lot

SLAVES SATISFIED WITH LOT under mohammedan masters condl alons are not severe in and bemba slaves are very blow to take advantage ol 01 the regulations that give them the right to claim their freedom says a trav eler they realize that so ong as they are well used their position is superior to that 0 the man whose freedom la his sole asset I 1 have found the same attitude in north africa from morocco to tripoli one most of the slaves well content and flourishing the famine the locusts the drought and the tax col lector have no terror for them work keeps them healthy they have enough to eat and drink and the future has no meaning at all there Is promotion there are confidential missions to governors and friends that elevate a slave it only in the eyes of his tel lows and there Is always a chance of manumission when the owner dies and wishes to have some good deeds recorded in the books of islam s re cording angels the sorry truth of the matter Is that slaves under mo hammeran ham rule are much better off than they ever were under the rule of white men in america and elsewhere