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Reichstagsakten 1888/89, 7. Lp., Vol. 121, Attachment 41: Collection of Documents pertaining the Uprising in East Africa, Report from the Imperial consul general on Zanzibar
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No.8, attachment no.2
Notification of the Imperial consul general to the French consul general
Zanzibar, September 12th 1888
According to reports I have received from agents of the Deutsch-Ostafrikanische
Gesellschaft in Lindi and Mikindani, a lively slave trade is going on there, and
mainly by dhows sailing under French flag, which transport this contraband. The
Arab dhow owners have their vessels measured by a French authority, then are
given the right to sail under the French flag, which protects them from controls
by British warships, which cross the waters around Zanzibar in order to suppress
the slave trade.
Your Excellency will agree with me that this use of the French flag by the dhows
is an abuse and a serious obstacle to the suppression of the slave trade, which
is the common goal of all European governments.
In having the honour to draw Your Excellency's attention to the described
conditions, I use the opportunity to renew the assurance of my utmost respect
signed Michahelles
Imperial German consul general
to the consul of the French Republic on Zanzibar
Mr. Lacau
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