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Dick Sand

CHAPTER I
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Long before the expedition to Egypt the negroes of the Seunaar were sold by thousands to the negroes of the Darfour, and reciprocally.

General Bonaparte was able to buy a pretty large number of these blacks, of whom he made organized soldiers, like the Mamelukes.

Since then, during this century, of which four-fifths have now passed away, commerce in slaves has not diminished in Africa.

On the contrary.
And, in fact, Islamism is favorable to the slave trade.

The black slave must replace the white slave of former times, in Turkish provinces.


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