... humiliating as it is—that slavery is carried on, not only by the Sultan of Zanzibar, but by those responsible for the Government of the British Empire. The excuse given for it is, that there is danger of the slave-owners revolting if slavery was abolished. What ...

... ••THE SLAVERY OF DRINK. Tho important of the drinking habitt of our own and other conttnet haa attracted great deal of attention lately, and retailed in regular newapeper conlrorarty, two leading morning dvroting gift deal of epaee the matter, and each ...

... system of slavery, which rtUl «ouriiilw>d h» many our colonies, was finally aboliahaa, coat of twenty millions sterjui*. the younger generations it is difficult to realise that their living grandsircs can easily hark back memory day when slavery, though ...

... we From sin's dread fetters might be free. We cannot longer met contaist To hear of that' Dark Continent, — Where human slavery drags it. chain Of misery many a plain; Robbing the Of will, sad shad, sad sheltering puss; Carrying and lambs, too, Where ...

... to bring slavery at Zanzibar to an end. — Mr Bryce said the action of the Government had relieved the Opposition from the duty of raising the question of Armenia, because it showed that they realised the gravity of the situation. As to slavery at Zanzibar ...

... spouses to four? Again, it was said that the prophet introduced slavery ; yet it was no further back that 1861 that ministers of religion in America stood in the pulpit and declared slavery a divine institution. Nut, very long before that the 26 Bishops ...

... the late Sir Elward North Buxton, M.l' • and grandson of a distinguished philanthropist and advocate of the abolition of slavery. Born in 18.17, he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, taking the degree of M A in ltia. The year previous ...

... jokes for the comic papers ’• Humorist : Certainly. Why, *aa lira whole eek un aboat forty jokes ” End Man : Slavery, sir; positive slavery Why, in the palmy day* aiimfreliy eould •tart of the SCO* o*l with ana joke and could live oa it far forty wacka ...

... conveyance from London to Liverpool of the compensation money paid to Mr Jonn Gladstone and other merchants the abolition of slavery. Mr Saodbach confirms the settlement made on bis marriage, and a settlement made the Gth Julv, 1878 of estates in Dcnbinh ...

... resolu- tion was passed, calling upon all the churches of the Union to support all lawful measures to secure tlie abolition of slavery iv Africa. The President (Rev. G. Short), moved a resolution expressing a hope that nothing would be allowed to interfere ...

... of the great Emancipator—(Morgan John Rhys), a man of rare genins and talent, who worked hard in more than one way to get slavery abolished, establish Sunday Sebool,and to preach the Gospel, not only Wales, bat also in Italy and other conti nental places ...

... a. the Khalif& ia aware that i defeat would be Ilia death blow, and the dervishes know that the Government would abolish slavery. Fighting between Jaalin and Baggara is reported from Berber. Two I -pies have been fried by court inertial and sentenced ...