AFRICA: A. D. 1897 (Sudan). Beginning of the Anglo-Egyptian conquest. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1885-1896. A. D. 1897 (Zanzibar). Abolition of slavery. Under pressure from the British government, the Sultan of Zanzibar issued a decree, on the 6th or April, 1897, terminating the legal status of slavery, with compensation to be awarded on proof of consequent loss. AFRICA: A. D. 1897 (Zululand). Annexation to Natal. By act of the Natal Parliament in December, 1897, Zululand (with Amatongaland already joined to it) was annexed to Natal Colony, and Dinizulu, son of the last Zulu king, was brought from captivity in St. Helena and reinstated. AFRICA: A. D. 1897-1898 (Sudan). Completion of the Anglo-Egyptian conquest. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1897-1898. AFRICA: A. D. 1897-1898 (Uganda). Native insurrections and mutiny of Sudanese troops in Uganda. See (in this volume) UGANDA: A. D. 1897-1898. AFRICA: A. D. 1898 (Abyssinia). Treaty of King Menelek with Great Britain. See (in this volume) ABYSSINIA: A. D. 1898. AFRICA: A. D. 1898 (British South Africa Company). Reorganization. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (RHODESIA): A. D. 1898 (FEBRUARY). AFRICA: A. D. 1898 (Egypt). The Nile question between England and France. Marchand's expedition at Fashoda. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1898 (SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER). AFRICA: A. D. 1898 (Nigeria and the French Sudan). Definition of French and English possessions in West and North Africa. See (in this volume) NIGERIA: A. D. 1882-1899. AFRICA: A. D. 1898 (Rhodesia). Reorganization of the British South Africa Company and the administration of its territories. See (in this volume) SOUTH AFRICA (RHODESIA AND THE BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY): A. D. 1898 (FEBRUARY). AFRICA: A. D. 1898 (Tunis). Results of the French Protectorate. See (in this volume) TUNIS: A. D. 1881-1898. AFRICA: A. D. 1899. Railway development.