wishes of the British without hesitation or question.

England, therefore, prepared the decree freeing the slaves in the
islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, and the Sultan obediently signed it.

This decree states that the slave-owners will be paid for the loss of
their slaves; and if the Government has not enough money in its treasury
to do this, Great Britain will give what extra money is needed.

It is said that slavery was never abolished in any country with less
trouble or disturbance.

No great changes are looked for. The negroes will now be paid for their
labor, and have the right to choose their own employers; but it is
expected that nearly the whole body of freed slaves will remain on the
plantations where they have been working.

It is estimated that about a quarter of a million slaves were liberated.

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The United States had a shock of earthquake the other day, which was
felt in the States of Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Georgia.
Buildings were shaken, and in Atlanta the shock was so severe that
pictures and wall-hangings were thrown violently from the wall.

An earthquake is a movement of the earth's crust, caused by volcanic
action. The earth moves as it were in waves, billowing like the waters
of the ocean.