Eunuchs in Europe in 19 C
STRAIGHT, TESTICLES, HISTORICAL
This is a unique document, certifying the existence of eunuchs in the Ottoman empire, outside of Constantinople at the end of the 19 c. It is a proposition for a provincial bill in the autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia from October, 1880.Mortimer
` This is a unique document, certifying the existence of eunuchs in the
Ottoman empire, outside of Constantinople at the end of the 19 c. It is a
proposition for a provincial bill in the autonomous province of Eastern
Rumelia from October, 1880. `

Mortimer

PROPOSITION

As it came to us that some of the Moslem refugees, returning back to the
province brought slaves with them, and as it is possible that there are slaves
in many of the other (sc. Moslem) houses, and that the hideous trade with
human beings will never come into being in the province, the signatories,
based upon the articles 30 and 100 of the Organic statute, have the honour to
propose the following bill:

Article 1. Slavery is forever prohibited on all the territories of Eastern
Rumelia.

Article 2. The keeping, selling, buying and transportation of slaves of both
sexes and without sex (NB!) is forbidden.

Article 3. The offenders of the 1 and 2 articles should be punished with a
fine from 1000 to 10 000 grosh (100 grosh = 1 Turkish lira of the time) in the
benefit of the slave, who should be released immediately and with imprisonment
from 1 to 6 months.

In case of repeating the crime, the offender should be punished despite the
above mentioned fine with imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years and is loosing
his political rights for 5 years.

In case of repeating the crime for a third time, the offender after paying the
fine is expelled from the province (sc. In the Ottoman empire). In any case
the slave is set free.

Deputies: 13 signitures.

  

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