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Slave trading in Abyssinia reported by Westminster correspondents
London January 19. Westminster Gazette correspondents describe rising slave raiding in Abyssinia. They note open cruel slave trading defying European interference, with smaller gangs but widespread sightings. Captives are moved from Abyssinian lands into British East Africa and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, with raids penetrating 120 miles into British territory.
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