Early 1878.
Kidatu Village Agricultural Cooperative, Central Province.
Lois, the village chief of Kidatu Village, announced the new policy to the villagers. "All right, quiet down now. I have good news for everyone. The government's newly issued policy has been conveyed. In accordance with the Kingdom's instructions, our country will resolve the slave issue within the next thirty years. To adapt to changes in the international community, we must now promote the replacement of slaves with large livestock such as oxen and horses. According to the township government's document, Kidatu Village has been allocated 236 draft oxen for farmland, to replace farming slaves."
Laimi said, "What kind of good news is that, Village Chief? Isn't it just replacing slaves with livestock? Besides, slaves can do rough work in addition to tilling fields. They're far more useful than livestock!"
"Laimi, what do you know? No matter how useful slaves are, they cannot last forever. East Africa's circumstances are special, so for the moment, we have no choice but to use slaves as a tool to improve East Africa's productive capacity. But slaves are unacceptable to the international community and will inevitably be phased out. Besides, no matter how capable a slave may be, his efficiency still cannot match that of large livestock, and there is always the possibility of rebellion."
Laimi muttered, "I think blacks are quite useful. Besides, can't we suppress a handful of blacks?"
"Hehe, the United States thought the same way back then. The problem now is that America's black slaves have been emancipated. In the future, blacks will certainly have a very important impact on American society. Whether that impact will be good or bad remains unknown, but we cannot allow America's situation to happen in East Africa. Egypt's Mamluks were slaves who turned themselves over and