Zanzibar slave market closed
1873 · Event
Under a British ultimatum the Sultan closes East Africa's great slave market; an Anglican cathedral rises on the site, its altar said to stand over the whipping post.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa, British Empire
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