Zanzibar Island.
More than a month after the East African government requested Zanzibar to abolish slavery, an unexpected group of visitors once again visited the Zanzibar Palace.
A steam merchant ship flying the British flag docked at Zanzibar Island. The crowd on the shore was not surprised by this sight. Zanzibar's location meant that merchant ships from almost all nations that sailed the Indian Ocean could appear here, of course, that was before the Suez Canal opened. Now, the vast majority of ships travel via the Suez Canal.
However, the Zanzibar people have not forgotten the former sight of merchant ships from various countries docking at Zanzibar, so the appearance of a British merchant ship was not unexpected.
After the merchant ship was docked, a group of people disembarked from the ship, but they were not here for trade and supplies; they headed directly towards the port authority.
"Are you an official of the Sultanate of Zanzibar?"
