Show SLAVES SATISFIED WITH LOT under mohammedan masters conditions arc are not severe in zanzibar and bemba slaves aro are very slow to take advantage of the regulations that give them tho the right to claim their freedom says a traveler they realize that so long as they aro are well used their position Is superior to that of the man whose freedom Is his sole asset I 1 have found the same attitude in north africa from morocco to tripoli one sees most of tho the slaves well content and nourishing flourishing the famine the locusts the drought and the tax collector have no terror for them work mork 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 if only in the eyes of his follows and there is always alays a chance of manumission when the owner dies and wishes to have some good deeds recorded in the books of recording angels the sorry truth of tho the matter Is that slaves under mohammedan ham rule are much letter off than they ever were under the rule of white men in america and elsewhere N |