The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-12-02
Where Are the Descendants of the
Negro Slaves Of Antiquity.

" men Rome conquered the, city 5O
Carthage and its dependent territory, there
were many negroes captured who wert
slaves to the whites of Africa. These
were carried to Rome and sold there. AZ
ter that period there were always, numbers
of blacks slaves in the city and it's immedi.
ate neighborhood as long as the Empire
lasted. $50 Ict 1fauz7lE. no. ~
There are no data by which we can Judge
of the number Of thousands of these, ne
groes,in Rome but from the incidental
mention made of them in the Latin authors,
they must have been numerous. In the
centuries from their first impoi tation to
the end Of the Empire, there must have
been at least {. million brought into Italy,
though this is most probably but very
moderate estimate. These must have
mixed in with the white race to such an ex-
tent that under the Empire there must have
been many mulattoes., 4a4 4;a'l9
What has become of this negro blood
There is certainly no trace of it now to be
found ia Italy, whose inhabitants are as en-
tirely free from the slightest faint of it as
are those Of Sweden. The theory that it
might have been SO diluted With White
blood as to be at this time untraceable, is
simply absurd; for every one who has stud
led the subject Of races, or observed the ef-
feet Of mixture, knows that the original
type, if it exists all, will crop up from time
to time in o most unmistakable manner,
down to the thousandth generation.
In Egypt there were also immense num-
bers of slaves imported from the negro
tribes on its borders, from the days of the
early monuments down to the present
time. But though there exists q few mu-
iattoes, descended from the importation of
the last two hundred years, yet among the
bulk Of the inhabitants Of Egypt there are
no th;s:ccs whatever of negro blood. Indeed,
considering the large number of negro
slaves in Egypt at all mines, this freedom
from adnixture in TINT country is e"'eil
much more remarkable than IN the case of
Italy. Tax ~ r., 81 ~, Is
There is one way ofaccounting for these
facts, and but one, and that is that so DIFF
ferent are the Caucasian and African races
that they cannot be permanently mingled
together. The mixture produces being
which, if not partial hybrid, is at least SO
subject to disease that it can be propagat-
ed to but few generations, when it dies
out. We see this tendency in this country
almost forcibly shown in the small number
Of the descendants ofmulattoes? Now and
then we see q 'quadroon in Virginia, very
seldom on octaroon, and beyond that de-
gree the blood cannot be said to sxisl ct
all. 1880
It's this tendency of the mopgrel to die !
out that has destroyed all traces Of negro
blood among the Indians and Egyptians. |
Those of them who were sprung from ne
groes died out many centuries ago, leaving
the original stock as perfectly pure as If
there had never been an African imported
INTO either Rome or the Kingdom Of the
Pharaohs. e., ls'f7' /
And thus will il be in the South. Not
only will the pure negro race vanish from
The earth in the course of a very few gene
ratiOns, from causes which must make eve
y inferior race disappear, but not even the
slightest admixture Of blood will be left |
among us the same effects will result in
he South as in Italy or Egypt, and there
gill not be left trace, save in history, Of !
he, African race having ever existed in |
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