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Word: shari (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there are certain domestic jobs he doesn't like to do. If he can afford it, he wants slaves to do them." With their new, oil-born wealth, the minister went on, many Arabs can now afford this luxury, and many procurers in the French Sudan, Ubangi-shari. Chad, the Cameroons and some British territories are ready and willing to satisfy their needs on "the ebony market" at prices ranging from $1,150 to a paltry $570 per slave (women usually sell for slightly more than men). La Graviére's charges and the evidence which supported...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRENCH WEST AFRICA: The Ebony Market | 6/20/1955 | See Source »

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