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The Slavery
Zanzibar between 1830 and 1873. law of 1838 was promulgated for prevent the
In the 19th century, most of the African right to possess slaves in all British colonies
slaves were exported from East Africa to overseas, including the Arabian Gulf region.
the Arabian Gulf through Sur and Muscat, British confirmation of the ninth clause of
then from there to the ports of Sharjah, what was then called the “General Treaty
Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Bandar Abbas, with the Arab peoples in the Gulf of Persia
Um Alqowein, Lengah, and Basra. The bulk in 1820” or the Treaty on Permanent Peace:
of the slave labor in the Arabian Gulf after “The plundering of the slaves, women and
their purchase was concentrated in the work children in the coast of Sudan or elsewhere,
like, soldiers, farmers, sailors in vessels, and carrying them in boats, is considered
or served in villages and cities at the rich a looting and raids, Arabs interests do
classes families, or in the profession of pearl nothing from it”. British authorities in the
diving. Arabian Gulf, through an agreement called
The British colonial authorities from their the “Slave Trade of 1847”, tightened the
location in India and the Arabian Gulf anti-slave trade measures and signed them
decided to development of laws and with the sheikhs of the Arabian Gulf regions
conventions to eliminate the slave trade. The under their control or protection.
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