Savage Africa: Being the Narrative of a Tour in Equatorial, South-western, and North-western Africa; with Notes on the Habits of the Gorilla; on the Existence of Unicorns and Tailed Men; on the Slave Trade; on the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro and on the Future Civilization of Western Africa, Volumen1Smith, Elder and Company, 1864 - 587 páginas |
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... Men; on the Slave Trade; on the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro and on t William Winwood Reade ... Kru - man - Engage a crew - Book - Kru character 32 The grave of L. E. L. to Coomassi Decoy wives.
... Men; on the Slave Trade; on the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro and on t William Winwood Reade ... Kru - man - Engage a crew - Book - Kru character 32 The grave of L. E. L. to Coomassi Decoy wives.
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... Kru - men . These men are the Titans of the coast , and are indispensable to active commerce in Africa . A vessel has seldom been long in harbour before half her crew have been so weakened by sickness as to be unable to man the yards ...
... Kru - men . These men are the Titans of the coast , and are indispensable to active commerce in Africa . A vessel has seldom been long in harbour before half her crew have been so weakened by sickness as to be unable to man the yards ...
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... Kru - men were originally a finer race of men than the other tribes of the coast . They are now the most athletic race in the world . They are Goliaths of strength , as well as of stature . Regular work and a regulated diet can work ...
... Kru - men were originally a finer race of men than the other tribes of the coast . They are now the most athletic race in the world . They are Goliaths of strength , as well as of stature . Regular work and a regulated diet can work ...
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... Men; on the Slave Trade; on the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro and on t William Winwood Reade. applies well enough , when the punishment is really deserved . It has always been an understood thing among slavers that Kru - ...
... Men; on the Slave Trade; on the Origin, Character, and Capabilities of the Negro and on t William Winwood Reade. applies well enough , when the punishment is really deserved . It has always been an understood thing among slavers that Kru - ...
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... Kru - man squats in it on his knees , and bales the water out with one of his feet . Sometimes he paddles with his hands , sometimes thrusting a leg in the water , he spins the canoe round when at full speed like a skater on the outer ...
... Kru - man squats in it on his knees , and bales the water out with one of his feet . Sometimes he paddles with his hands , sometimes thrusting a leg in the water , he spins the canoe round when at full speed like a skater on the outer ...
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Abauhi afterwards all-fours Ananga Anglo-African animal appearance Ashanti asked Bakělě Bapuku barque beautiful Bushmen Cabinda caboceer calabash called Camma cannibals canoe Cape Cape Lopez captain chimpanzee cloth coast Corisco cried custom Dahomey dance dark dinner drink elephants English Equatorial Africa Etia eyes face Fans feet Fernand Vaz Fernando Fernando Po fetich forest Gaboon gave girls give gorilla Guanches guns hair hands head heard hunters island killed king Kru-men ladies land laughed looked Mafuk mate Mayoruna Mongilomba morning mouth Mpongwe Muni natives Ncomo negro never Ngumbi Niger night Oshupu paddles palaver palm-oil passed Peppel plantains plantation Portuguese Quenqueza returned river round sail savage seen Shekani Sierra Leone skin slaves sleep smoke sometimes soon steward tobacco told took town trade trees tribe village voyage wife wished woman women young