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Abolition Push for East African Slave Trade Gains Steam
Sir Bartle Frere argues for suppressing the Zanzibar slave market backed by British naval pressure. He cites Captain Frazer's free-labor estate on Zanzibar as a proof of feasible reform, while warning that the slave trade remains brutal and pervasive across Zanzibar, Madagascar, and Reunion, harming Central Africa and prompting public support at home.
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