The 1877 antislavery treaty punished traders but not buyers

Evidence

The pashas’ defense lawyers insisted that there was a gaping inconsistency in the 1877 treaty itself. While the treaty clearly delineated the punishment for the slave trader and his accomplices, it said nothing at all about the buyer. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 709

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies a structural feature of the 1877 Egyptian antislavery treaty that shapes the whole trial—enforcement targeted supply, not demand.