Sir Samuel W. Baker
Ismailia: A Nile Expedition against the Slave Trade
Ismailia: A Nile Expedition against the Slave Trade
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I shall not repeat, beyond what may be absolutely necessary, that which has already been published in my former works on Africa, but I shall adhere to the simple path taken by the expedition. This enterprise was the natural result of my original explorations, in which I had been an eye-witness to the horrors of the slave trade, which I determined, if possible, to suppress.
In 1869, Khedive Ismail appointed Sir Samuel W. Baker to command an expedition up the White Nile with the declared purpose of suppressing the slave trade and establishing Egyptian authority in the equatorial Nile basin. Ismailia is Baker's extensive account of that mission: its preparations, river fleet, struggle through the Sudd, arrival at Gondokoro, military actions, negotiations, and attempts to build a colonial administration.
The narrative contains important firsthand material on Khartoum, the White Nile, Equatoria, the regional slave trade, and the political ambitions of Khedival Egypt. At the same time, Baker writes from the perspective of a Victorian imperial officer, and his claims and descriptions must be read critically. This Nile Book Store edition presents the complete public-domain text as a clean, reflowable EPUB with linked navigation and a contextual publisher's note.
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- The complete public-domain text
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- Linked navigation and updated bibliographic metadata
- A contextual publisher's note
Historical content note: This nineteenth-century narrative contains colonial language and descriptions of slavery, warfare, race, religion, and African communities that modern readers may find inaccurate or offensive.
Public-domain text. Digital edition published by Nile Book Store.
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