The Slave Market Memorial sculpture and the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral at the East African Slave Trade Exhibit in Stone Town, Zanzibar City. The church was built after the market was closed and in commemoration of the abolishment of slavery. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The Slave Memorial at the former Slave Market in Zanzibar’s Stone Town where human beings were sold. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The Slave Memorial at the former Slave Market in Zanzibar’s Stone Town where human beings were sold. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The Slave Market was closed on the orders of the sultan in 1873, and in 1879 this an Anglican cathedral, the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, was constructed at the site of the former Slave Market. The cathedral is considered a symbol of emancipation from a tyranny that destroyed countless lives in the region. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church was built in Stone Town where the largest Slave Market once stood in Eastern to sell people. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The columns were incorrectly placed upside down inside the the Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church was built in Zanzibar’s Stone Town. (Oct. 14, 2024)

Inside the Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church was built in Zanzibar’s Stone Town where the largest East African Slave Market once stood. (Oct. 14, 2024)

Inside the Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church was built in Zanzibar’s Stone Town where the largest East African Slave Market once stood. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The altar insIde the Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church was built in Zanzibar’s Stone Town where the largest East African Slave Market once stood. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The beautifully carved 14th station of the cross when Jesus is laid in the tomb after his crucifixion hanging on the wall inside the Anglican Cathedral of Christ Church was built in Zanzibar’s Stone Town. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The East African Slave Trade Exhibit in Zanzibar’s Stone Town was installed to commemorate the abolition of slavery at the site of the former slave market.

However, it was not until 1873 that Sultan Seyyid Barghash of Zanzibar, under pressure from Great Britain, signed a treaty that made the slave trade in his territories illegal. That decree was not enforced effectively either. It was not until 1909 that slavery was finally abolished in East Africa. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The panels full of the slave trade history in Zanzibar and East Africa at the East African Slave Trade Exhibit in Zanzibar’s Stone Town. (Oct. 14, 2024)

A photo from a history board of the East African Slave Trade Exhibit in Zanzibar’s Stone Town of men and boys, considered to be a threat, and restrained because they are more likely to flee. (Oct. 14, 2024)

A photo of a sketch of buyers, sellers and slaves from a history board of the East African Slave Trade Exhibit in Zanzibar’s Stone Town. Slaves fit only for labouring or lowly domestic employment (seen here in chains) were given little attention. Young women to be sold for harem positions had their faces made up using kohl on the eyebrows and wore rings in the nose and ears (foreground). According to observers, the most valuable were dressed in great finery and adorned with bangles and jewels. These were removed as soon as the women were sold. (Oct. 14, 2024)

A photo of a sketch of buyers, sellers and slaves from a history board of the East African Slave Trade Exhibit in Zanzibar’s Stone Town. Slaves fit only for labouring or lowly domestic employment (seen here in chains) were given little attention. Young women to be sold for harem positions had their faces made up using kohl on the eyebrows and wore rings in the nose and ears (foreground). According to observers, the most valuable were dressed in great finery and adorned with bangles and jewels. These were removed as soon as the women were sold. (Oct. 14, 2024)

A sketch of the Slave Market in Zanzibar’s Stone Town from June 1872 by Lieut. Henn of the Livingstone Relief Expedition. Endless East Africans were sold as slaves and shipped to Arabia, India and the Americas. (Oct. 14, 2024)

The open-air evening food market in the Forodhani Gardens in Stone Town where our group did some food sampling starting with fried Casava and bread fruit. (Oct. 14, 2024)