In the 1860s, David Livingstone's reports of atrocities within the Arab slave trade in Africa stirred up the interest of the British public, reviving the flagging abolitionist movement. The Royal Navy throughout the 1870s attempted to suppress "this abominable Eastern trade", at Zanzibar in particular. In 1905, the French abolished indigenous slavery in most of French West Africa.
In the 1860s David Livingstone's reports of atrocities within the Arab slave trade in Africa stirred up the interest of the British public reviving the flagging abolitionist movement The Royal Navy throughout the 1870s attempted to suppress "this abominable Eastern trade" at Zanzibar in particular In 1905 the French abolished indigenous slavery in most of French West Africa