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Show SLAVES SATISFIED WITH LOT. Under Mohammedan Masters Condi tlons Are Not Severe. "In Zanzibar and I'cmba slaves art very slow to take ndvantago of the regulations thnt give them the right to claim their freedom," says a trav eler, "They realize that so long at they arc well used their position If superior to that of tho man whose ficedom is his solo asset. I have found the same attitude In North Africa. From Morocco to Tripoli one sees most of tho slaves well content and flourishing. Tho famine, the locusts, the drought nnd tho 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. Thero Is promotion, thero are confidential missions to governors nnd friends that clevato a slavo. If only In the ejes of Ills fol lows, and thciu Is always a chanco ol manumission when the owner dies and wishes to have borne good deeds recorded In tho books of Islam's re cording angels. The sorry truth of the matter Is that slaves under .Mo-hnmmcdnn .Mo-hnmmcdnn rule are much better off than they ever wore under the rulo of wlilto men in America and elsewhere." |