The Children of the Desert and the Laws of the Sea: Austria, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and the Mediterranean Slave Trade in the Nineteenth Century.

SLAVERY laws; MARITIME law; INTERNATIONAL cooperation in water shipping; SLAVE trade; HUMAN smuggling; REIGN of Franz Joseph I, Austria, 1848-1916; OTTOMAN Empire; COMMERCE; INTERNATIONAL cooperation

MEDITERRANEAN Region; MEDITERRANEAN Sea; AUSTRIA; TURKEY

The article discusses the relationship between the slave trade and maritime commerce in the Eastern regions of the Mediterranean Sea during the 19th and early-20th centuries, focusing on its impact on the foreign trade prospects of Austria-Hungary under the Habsburg Monarchy. According to the article, the existence of African slavery in Eastern Europe under the Ottoman Empire forced Austrian shipping companies, specifically Austrian Lloyd, to take active roles in enforcing maritime laws regarding the transport of slaves. Other topics include abolitionism, smuggling in the shipping industry, and the enforcement of international shipping laws by Great Britain.