The exploitation of East Africa, 1856-1890 : the slave trade and the scramble / by Reginald Coupland ; with an introduction by Jack Simmons.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART ONE. THE END OF THE ARAB SLAVE TRADE : 1. SEYYID SAID IN EAST AFRICA - II. THE INDEPENDENCE OF ZANZIBAR (1856-1861) - III. VICE-CONSUL KIRK (1866–1873) - IV. THE REIGN OF SEYYID MAJID (1856–1870) - V. THE ACCESSION OF SEYYID BARGHASH (1870) - VI. THE EXPLORATION OF EAST AFRICA (1856–1873) - VII. THE ARAB SLAVE TRADE - VIII. THE POLICY OF RESTRICTION (1856–1873) - IX. THE CRUX - X. THE POLICY OF ABOLITION. I. AT SEA (1873- 1876) - XI. THE POLICY OF ABOLITION. II. ON LAND (1876- 1884) -- PART TWO. THE INTERNATIONAL SCRAMBLE : XII. THE NEW SULTANATE (1873-1885) - XIII. THE EGYPTIAN INVASION (1875-1876) - XIV. THE MACKINNON CONCESSION (1877-1878) - XV. THE BEGINNING OF THE SCRAMBLE (1874-1884) - XVI. THE BRITISH OPPORTUNITY (1879-1884) - XVII. THE GERMAN IRRUPTION (1884-1885) - XVIII. THE COMMERCIAL TREATIES (1885-1886) - XIX. DELIMITATION AND PARTITION (1885-1886) - XX. EPILOGUE (1886–1890) -- Map : MID-EAST AFRICA.