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MUhammed Bargash to Sir J. Drummond Hay: 31 January 1884: "We have given our attention to all you say. Know, Of friend, that we cannot add anything to the answer given by the by direction of the Sultan, except to declare to you that the abolition of slavery can not be effected, as that would amount to abolishing Sharia, and the people of this country, especially the Ulema, would never admit this. We can assure you that Slaves are not kept in order to make money by their labour, but only for domestic service, such as in the harems, to perform services, inside the house and without, which cannot be performed by the ladies of the harem on account of their being kept indoors as is customary in towns [...] if you care to collect information, and to provide this by inquiry, it will be evident to you how well slaves are treated, so well, indeed, tjat most of them, male and female is offered their freedom, refuse it, and prfer to remain slaves [...] <ref>The Anti-slavery Reporter. (1884). Storbritannien: The Society. 485-486</ref>

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slave-dealers appartments, room "Four negro women were there, two sitting and two lying upon the floor, which was spread with rughs and blankets; the youngest may have been sixteen and the oldest thirty. The dealer said something in Arabic, whereupon the women rose and stood in a row facing us, where they where joined by the boy. All kept their heads turned away, but now and then darted furtive glances at us [...] In Damascus the slave trade is open. In Cairo and Constantinople it flourishes by stealth. In neither of the last two cities are strangers permitted to see it, but in Damascus there is no such concealment." <ref>Knox, T. W. (1875). Backsheesh! Or, Life and Adventures in the Orient ... Embellished with Nearly Two Hundred and Fifty Illustrations, Including Forty-eight Full Page Engravings ... from Photographs and Original Sketches. With ... Portrait of the Author. By Thomas W. Knox .... USA: A. D. Worthington & Company. 290-291</ref>

In spite of the orders of the Turkish Government, interdicting the slave-trade, slavery is still predominant throughout Syria, without hindrance, and without any real effort in the part of the part of the local authortieis to check it. In Damascus, the seat of the government of the country, slave dealings are carried on on a scale pretty much equal to that of former years and times, with the only difference that in former times it was done openly and by puvlic auction, wheareas now slaves and purchases are nmade ins ecret, but not without the knowledge of Turkish officials, who favour the trade, just as well as the native Moslems [...] " köpa eller sälja? kontakta brokers, guide to brokers house, "consisting chiefly of negro lassies and lads", 5,000 slaves in Damascus approximate number of slaves brought to city annually 600, introduced chiefly by the pilgrims on their return from Mecca, under the name of servants and attendants, and it is the unshaken faith of the Mohammedans in general that to take a slave The Turkish authorities, partly because they share the same religious views, and partly out of deference ot the Moslem population, lay aside the Porte's order, which they know to be really not intended for execution, and allow slave-dealers to pass unmolested." <ref>The Anti-slavery Reporter. (1876). Storbritannien: The Society. 203-204</ref>

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se uppe: samma som i damascus. "Most of the Christian natives, who in former times made use of the slave negresses as house servants (a practice borrowwed from their Moslem neighbhours) have now, out of enlightenment and conviction, willingly given up the bad habit, and slavery may be said to be cheifly pracriced among the Moslem and Turks. The number of negresses owned as slaves in the Moslem houses at Beirut amounts to about 4,500, and the average number imported annually, partly by sea frm Egypt, , and partly by land from Damascus, is not more than 450. Tjose who are brought by sea, are brought chiefly in native salinng vessels, and passed as maid-servants through the custom-house. Whenever a diffuclty arises there concenring them, the b right yellow metals are made use of, and every difficulty disapears at once" British Consul-General förväges mot slave-dealing, men ej stöd pga ej förbjud slavei som sådant, ett fall 6 mån Mr. J. Eldridge negro lad lyckades, "in regard to cases of negresses deserting ther masters houses, and taking refuge

consulate, the interference of the consul is not of great value, his influence and power, for want of explicit orders, cannit counterbalance an chech the corruptions in pracicce. all he can do is to bring the matter to the knowledge of the local authortieis, deliver the poor creature to them, and ask them to do her justice, which request is always met with kind, but vague, promises. When once the vicitm is given up to the officer in charge she is sure either to return to her masters house, were she is kept under double custody, but if she should escapte again, or in case of her master not wishing to keep her anymore, she is sent to a neighbourin ccity to be sold." "The sale of white Circassian female slaves is not carried on to any great extent in Syria, though not less than 100 of them are annually introduced into the country for the domestic use of the wealhy Molems. It is the decided opinion of the writer that unless more efficacious measures be taken, the Turks will never consent to the ab of slavery, it being an intrinsic part of their system, beirut, 25 january 1877 <ref>The Anti-slavery Reporter. (1876). Storbritannien: The Society. 204</ref>

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