The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11
plan TO ClvlLlZE AFRICA

epects neither eex, are cor condlslon
foung and old. male and female. p.rro,
sno children. are alike sub}sc to IL tsr !.
~, Almost the whole country "a d ira
.~,se ssAtc q wttchcrAlk and blood
tninaness, end the stories Of cruelty ~
from time TO time reach Us are more otsn
inciinco TO be nieagsr end undercstim ated
tllran overstretdhed Tue clyiN,ed wcri,
Knows nut Hbtje OF what Is sodnr an h.rs
Va the antesvior Of thls great and darn CON
tinent. va SoA
! taye travelled and lived in various p.r,-
o. lot more than twelve years. and hays
Win my own eyes seen the cruelties ~
which | spcAk. 1t Aeems incredihls +hs,
IN the nineteenth century innccent rirls
are stolen nnd sold for vile ptIrposes s,,yr,
as history tells US was the practice In IN
early ages. but this Is the case: ana still
nloie astonishing Is the fact that in manv
ports 81 Africa male and female slaves ~
u ,,.1. - current monoy for the purchase Of
merchandise and commodities,
IN many instances eiaves Are AHA q,
loco IN fact. many more OF them are
eaten every year than the worli has any
ioea on In few cases this Is done OWNS
20 me scarcity OF meat. but II Is also a.
lnd,sputable fact that throughout the i'm .
mense equatorial forest belt the natives
are avowed cannibals and revel In the sat
ing Ct lhurnan flesh. 1t may be an 40.
CURED taste. but In any event they prefer
y 20 any other kind OF meat. and Will de-
vour the fish of their own kind as gre I'D Ily
as they would that OF white men.
IT. Esser recently stated In Berlin that
on ms Journey 20 the interior OF Kamerun
he continually came across human homes
which marked the remains If cannibslist,s
,eas,s; Al one place the natives boaated Ia
him thai they had Just eaten thirty slaves
70 CELEBRATE the funeral OF their chief Tn
prove that human flesh Is eaten by tho
savage tribes, more because they like "A
ufsn from any superstitious motives the
iacs can be po:ntei out that they DELHI
erately Natten and prepare their own slaves
Tor cannibalIstic banouets.
am no DEALER IN horrors. These mat
uers that relats are part OF mass OF
evidence and information that gathered
carefully sind scientif, cally, that the world
may know some OF the hidden secrets OF
the dark land. Instead of growing better
with tse enlightenment OF each advancing
care, cannibalsm and slave trading continue
In Africa Just the same. Tribes that were
formerly nat looked upon as cannibals
havs lately been reportai as eating human
iiesh, custom which they have probably
learned from Their increased intercourse
with the more inland and barbarous races.
Natives that wander away from their own
neighbcfhood among the inland tribes are
killed and eaten. Raids are often made
by enc tribe upon another for the tole pur-
pose OF getting slaves especially female
slaves who go to swell the harems of the
polygamous c0nq,ienors TIE African
tribes are noted for their varied and ter
ribly tnhrunan modes OF torture. and In
ilo other part Of the world can such In
human practices be seen. For even the
rnost Drifting offense slave Is prt in what
Is called q slave stick" there TO remain
until his snfferings become intolerable or
death results. His bands arc tied and his
neck is bound TO the end Of long pole,
so placed in the side Of a hut wall and
cit nor lie down, nor turn his face away
from the broiling sun.
Another bar'barous custom. particularly
prevalent In the upper Congo is to seat
the victim In chair formed OF stakes
driven into the ground. His hands, arms
and legs are bound to 1t with stout thongs,
so that he can not move. Some fcet be.
hind the chair sapling is driven firmly in
the grouhd with moose hanging from the
topmust end. The sapiing is bent 70 ward
over the victims head and the Moose Is
slipped around his neck The uprising in
clination Of the bent tree stretches his
throat to the sword Of the executionsr. who
with one sweep sewers the head from the
body. The sapling. springing back into
It's upright position. tosses the head In the
abr like football.
The population Of Africa Is placed AT
$50, 900 900 and, as mentioned before. 50.-
900. 900 of these natives are slaves. In the
froands Of Zanzibar and Pemba alone
which are entirely governed by Great Brit
ain, eco. 900 are held In bondage For each
slave that reaches the coast eight or nna
are said to perish on the way from the
interior, so that the supply OF 1000 sl1vs1
Annually smuggled Into Zanzibar and oi
IL 900 santiggled into Arabia represents the
numbering OF some 10000 In the regions
whence the slaves are drawn.
From Zanzibar the slaves are transferred
to Psmba. whence 1t Is an easy mater 70
ship thslm 10 Arabia and Persia. over 1910
dhows (boats) are engaged in tnis bnsdne.' 8.
From this example OF slavery in Two small
islands one may form an idea OF tle enor-
nifty Of the slave traidc over the whole fac~
of the Dark continent. The supply is Cree
ated by the uenand, and slavery Is an es-
sentaai element OF native Adrian soci-ty.
The parents sell Their children, and debt
ors and Grim mails are sold Into slavery
instead OF being locked up In jail. IL is an
unaeniabic fact that girls ae frequently
sold by contract to polyganlsts before they
are horn. Slaves are The regular currency
over immense areas OF the Interior. Ihen.
again. they are used as beasts Of Dusoeu 70
carry the ivory, rubber and wax down tine
coast In many instances a slave ia used
"a a horse By some chief. VINO sits On MS
etol,iiers ami is carried about from place
IA place the same as on horseback. quito
recsTplly In Zanzibar women slaves coul1
be seen every day chalned oosetner W
sroaups Of seven to ten and marching along
under the lash OF native keepers. ~,
The slave trading In Nyassa-lsnd Is SUN
CARVED on extensively by the native Tribes
an,ong themselves. OF whom tho Angoai
are the worst offenders. These AnsoA,
possess from, 100 800 to 10000 slaves, 40
the sole earthly possession OF these slaves
"a a strip OF goat skin around tne 10 hs;
they are kept in subsection by species "
terrorism. FIRST is the spear ana 90 - =
~, poison ordeal. which is admin stereo 20
The friends Of the fugitive. sometimes 20
City at time.
,rhe Brass tribes. Of the Lower Niger
district. are mixed race. recruited Iais
IL by the purchase Of slaves from sns
,,a~sn cannibal tribes. chiefly the 100 pao-
Die. ana by domestic Saves born 10 tnsls
fcn .lites. Higher up the Niger y sne
hone Of the Hausa psople-fiteen miihpns
strongs--ard there are usually ABOUT t.ss
Hundred slaves on sale In the kano mar
ket. lie 49, ;,s
s,aye market. The provinces OF bau-
shi and Adan,eowa contribute no less laan
four thas nd slaves al nullly 10 tae SUI.
ton ~ soLo q. This custom says Ut. U