Abstract:
The process of removing the widespread slave trade from the Province of Egypt which had
long shores in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea began with the issuing of an act
that prohibited slave trade by the British Parliament in 1873. An important treaty was signed
by the British and Egyptian Governments on the 4th of August in 1877 in order to enact this
law. New treaties would follow in 1885 and 1895 consecutively. This article displays the
ways in which Egyptian and British authorities prepared reports and established a legal base
to combat slave trade in Egypt. As part of the international struggle against slavery, the
article exposes that, following the treaty that was signed with Britain. Egyptian Government
managed to control and finally defeat slave trade in Egypt at the eve of the World War I.
Slave trade was no more a significant issue for the Province of Egypt.
