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] Date Posted: 14:40:33 11/26/04 Fri In reply to: Owain (UK) 's message, "Leopold was a brilliant (if distasteful) man" on 08:44:23 11/26/04 Fri Go to Muscat. There is a plaque in the grounds of the old British residency where the flagpole used to be. It describes how run-away slaves from all over the Middle East, East Africa and beyond would risk everything to get to Muscat, through the town, to the British residency, and throw their arms around the flag-pole, knowing that they would be brought before the Governor and set free, and that those who captured and sold them would be punished, if possible, in whatsoever country they lived. If you can tell me that any other Empire in history has been worthy of such a plaque, then I will accept your point. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |