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Mangapwani
Slave Cave is not natural, but cut out of the coral limestone. It is a sort
of cellar, more or less a square-shaped cell. It was built for storing
slaves by Mohammed Bin Nassor Al-Alawi, a prominent slave trader. Boats from
Africa (Tanzania) landed at the nearby beach and unloaded their human
"cargo". The slaves were kept here until they were taken to Zanzibar Town or
to Oman.In 1873 Sultan Barghash signed the Anglo-Zanzibari treaty which
officially abolished the slave trade. Some time after the cave was still
used as a place to hide slaves, as an illicit trade continued for many
years. Today, the cave itself remains, although the wooden roof under which
the slaves were hidden has now gone. There are steps which lead down onto
the cavern floor.
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