Chapter 144 Trade
Port of Dar es Salaam.
Slave trading market.
"These natives will be left to you, Mr. Abrague. Happy cooperation." The staff transferred a group of slaves to the Zanzibar slave traders.
"Of course, my friend, good luck to you." Abrague said.
Then he ordered his men to put chains on these natives, and just like that, another slave team left East Africa.
Abraq is a long-term partner of the East African colonies, and his father is the minister of the Zanzibar Sultanate.
The long team slowly walked towards the dock under the supervision of thugs.
"Animals! Don't look back. From today on, you will never go back! Give up on this idea."
Zanzibar people use Swahili Yu was a psychological blow to these natives.
It is used to dispel the last hope in the hearts of these slaves. This is a procedure in the slave trade.
Becoming a slave is not terrible for black people, because they themselves are in the tribal era. The natives of the African continent conquered each other, and it is normal for the losers to become slaves.
In the tribal era, each tribe would capture people from hostile tribes and turn them into slaves, or they would be captured by hostile tribes and become slaves.
In other words, slaves are commonplace on the African continent, so the natives will not be too panicked after becoming slaves, because this is their worldview - losers become slaves.
And being a slave in the East African colonies was not bad in the eyes of some natives!
This is not nonsense. Under the training of working in the East African colonies, these indigenous slaves actually lived quite satisfactorily. Although they were a little tired every day, their food source was stable every day.
As for these natives, when they were in the tribe, they knew how their tribe treated slaves. Beating and scolding were commonplace, and it was common for them to engage in heavy manual labor. It was not surprising that they were missing arms and legs. When the tribe was short of food...
Compared with the methods of its own tribe, the actions of the East African colonies were simply like living Buddhas.
So the natives are not too afraid of becoming slaves, but they are afraid of ships on the sea.
Because they also know that if they get on the big ship, they will leave this land forever, and they may never come back in their lifetime!
The experienced Zanzibar slave traders naturally had to dispel the "homesickness" of the indigenous people, otherwise, these indigenous slaves would easily riot after boarding the ship.
There is no more convenient and effective way to divert the attention of these natives than beating and scolding.
The Zanzibar people's method worked very well. The attention of these slaves was quickly distracted by whipping and cursing. Coupled with the training from the previous East African colonies, they soon became obedient.
“You guys separate the goods from these slaves, don’t let these natives cause trouble, and put them at a high place to prevent the goods from getting damp! It would be nice for you if my goods suffered some damage. ." Abrague said to his men.
"Yes, Master." The subordinate said respectfully.
Now more and more slave traders are beginning to use the method of mixing people and goods to bring slaves and goods to the Middle East for sale.
In the past two years, the limelight has become more and more intense, and the slave trade has become increasingly difficult. For the people of Zanzibar, those Europeans are really nosy and nosy. You were the happiest people in the past buying and selling slaves, but now that you have made a fortune, you are here to ruin everyone's meal!
Zanzibar and the Arabs are talking about the British and French countries. The prohibitionism that is now prevalent has caused ships to be impounded.
If Europeans are really so kind, Abrague will stand on his head and eat *. As a person who has been around the sea all year round, does Abrague know that in this era, those who wander around in the sea are all living kings of hell, and there is no good thing. Holy Mother He had long since been thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.
These European grandsons, now that they no longer need slaves, are pretending to be virgins and engaging in moral kidnapping. It’s really disgusting.
Those who are influenced by Arab culture have the most contact with the West. The two religions have been fighting for thousands of years. Who doesn’t understand the other?
Now that the Arabs have declined, these Europeans dare to stand on their own heads.
The situation is stronger than the people. The Arabs are indeed in trouble. Without strength, they naturally have no confidence. However, Zanzibar and other Arab businessmen naturally will not sit still and wait for death. They have also begun to transform and upgrade. Of course, giving up the slave trade A piece of cake is out of the question.
The illegal slave ship, after some packaging, became a labor import ship, and the slaves became legally recruited workers.
In order to prevent Europeans from seizing them, slave traders would also reduce the number of slaves on the ship, so that there would be no overcrowding problem, at least it would not be visible from the outside.
However, in order to make more money, many merchants began to use the space originally used to transport slaves to load goods.
This was also influenced by the East African colonies. The Hechingen Consortium transported goods to the Arab region, mostly along the Mediterranean route, from factories in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, through ports around the Adriatic Sea, directly to countries such as the Ottomans . But some will also go to East Africa.
These industrial products are of great value to the people of Zanzibar, and the most important thing is that they don’t have to pay! East African goods are of course clearly priced, but women can be used as collateral.
Besides black people, I want everyone, as long as they are not too old, then it will be easy to handle. Anyway, the Zanzibar people do not fly alone to the Middle East, they also go to India and Southeast Asia.
In this era, the people at the bottom of the colonized areas were extremely poor. They were already squeezed by the local powerful, but now that the colonists have arrived, there are a new group of vampires.
Southeast Asia is a colony developed by the Dutch and Portuguese forces for two to three hundred years. Why Southeast Asia can become a high-quality colony is that it has a large local population and early development. After all, there is civilization, unlike Africa and America, before the Europeans came, the Indians in the Americas were still playing with stones, Africa...
And Southeast Asia, especially the island countries in the south, many are Arab countries (Indonesia), and Arab traders went there There is naturally a lot of trade and commerce.
In this way, the channels for the Zanzibar people are very diverse. As long as they bribe the local nobles, they can basically pull as much as they can. Anyway, there is no such thing as human rights in the colony.
Many of these nobles are agents of European colonists. European countries cannot do without their help in colonial areas. They are mainly used to rule and suppress the lower classes, so don't expect them to have any moral integrity in the face of interests.
And it just so happened that, as local gangsters, they committed all kinds of evil. There were only a few at the bottom of the colony who had enough to eat, and the economic conditions at the bottom were naturally very poor.
When the people at the bottom are almost dying, but still have a breath of life, they will have fear, because the colonists and local nobles can really decide life or death, but no one wants to be the first, because Now I am very "alive".
In order to survive, no ethics, morals, or good quality can be compared to the benefits of a meal, so Zanzibar businessmen often buy people from these areas with one or two meals.
Anyway, what the merchants earned was the price difference. In the end, the East African colonies paid the price.
(End of this chapter)