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Slave-Trade under the French Flag-Vessels Employed-How Fitted and Provisioned-Price Paid for Slaves by the French-Ceremony of Engaging the "Labourers"-How Treated at Réunion-Dhows Employed, and Horrors of the Traffic-Statement of the Captain of a French Trading Vessel-Statement of the Supercargo of an American Trading Vessel-Revolt of Slaves on Board of a French Brig, and Massacre of the Crew-How the Slaves are obtained in the Interior of Africa-The Natives Rise _en masse_-Feelings of the Natives towards British Consul and Family-The "Zambesi" assisting the "Minnetonka" to obtain Slaves.
Soon after my arrival at Mozambique, I determined to make myself thoroughly master of the details of the slave-trade carried on from this Portuguese province, by vessels under the French flag, to the French colony of Réunion or Bourbon. The following is the result of my inquiries on the subject. I will first state how the traffic is carried on, and in what manner the slaves are treated at Réunion; and then enter fully into the particulars of obtaining the slaves in the interior of Africa for the supply of this traffic; showing to what serious results these operations in the interior led under my own observation at Mozambique.