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===Emigration=== | ===Emigration=== | ||
*Claiming the coastal strip, Omani Sultan Said bin Sultan moved his capital to Zanzibar City in 1840. During this time, '''Zanzibar became the centre for the east African slave trade'''. Between 65 and 90 per cent of the Arab-Swahili population of Zanzibar was enslaved. Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast during the 19th century, and the retention of 769,000 on the coast.mIn the 1890s, slavery was abolished. | *Claiming the coastal strip, Omani Sultan Said bin Sultan moved his capital to Zanzibar City in 1840. During this time, '''Zanzibar became the centre for the east African slave trade'''. Between 65 and 90 per cent of the Arab-Swahili population of Zanzibar was enslaved. Figures record the exporting of 718,000 slaves from the Swahili coast during the 19th century, and the retention of 769,000 on the coast.mIn the 1890s, slavery was abolished. | ||
'''Regions with significant populations'''<br> | |||
*United Kingdom 35,000 | |||
*United States 20,308 | |||
*Canada 19,500 | |||
*Australia 1,500 | |||
*Sweden 900 | |||
*Italy 900 | |||
*Denmark 700 | |||
*Brazil 500 | |||
*Portugal 500 | |||
*India 300 | |||
==Emigration From Tanzania== | ==Emigration From Tanzania== | ||