The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-10-25
SLAVERY IN AMERICA


/ BY Richard NJ. Miburn.
eeu n9l De more than two miles in length is frequent
lMe lhah three on account Of its wndines The naI
oes o, ra,n5 4uf I to get oyer an obstacle in his path
S louhd IKE the ant, and the time lost is Of not
7geS value to HIM, and in this respect he E o1ite at
'0ss All = understand The haste Of the European
~ transportation IS effected by canoes or else nv haa
overland transportation Is by human pack trains each car
n Va1EE apl4cnfi fira Iort{ t to one hundred pounds
ne only agricultural implement found in some tr;I M
Ieay khe on cutass, which serves IN place of an az =
o'el Otheis nave an iron tool made in the shane Of
oehlehel KnlIe flXed at the end of small staff OH
ers nave little pointed spade which is much like > ma
sons troWel, The outfit for working ron consists Of
3soe, anvil @n OF tongs hammer and rude bellows
oteiA Is made by hand in tribes There is RI L
weaving 1S and some produce little cotton cloth
-, ne negroes OF Africa like nothing better than adino
& @ @aFery exchanged fish for gold and vegetables anc
o9V ~ er trading IS carried even to this dav bv bar
lSr travellers, intending to make Journey thor Oh the
OouHuA "oud provide themselves with tobacco eWery-
@ @ gCs ammunition, and foods Of this character as the
91 means 9l paying Their way: COwry bells pieces OF
change. 'i0i" u eA
As Du Chale puts it, '.No better Illustration cc,,l ~
given OF the way IN which the slave system has nprafteG
se1 upon the life and policy of these tribes than bie
ta rom the seashore to the farhest point in the inter
m i WHICH was iDe to reach the commercial unit of va
~ = d save. II man fined for ofense he is
cled IN SO many slaves If he is BARGAINING for = wife
ie ,T}i S9HIlacts TO give 50 many slaves for her"
nm gnast ths sums up the result of the industrial re-
glme ne conditions such tr at with anvthino like
seady industry and the exercise of little foresobf he
1000 supply might be ample and varied But lust these
qutt es ne has never developed The consequence i
hat thousands live much of the time on the vna ~ fo
me- Barbot says: 1T is very strange that The biaos
cuu ever know any scarcity and sometimes famine but
IS occasloned by their soth they being genera core
less VOID OF foresight, and never providing for casual
ues Inc very ease with which they can collect food ~
one season temps them iesistiby to put off the labor Of
providing against worse times The preservation of n1oa
or even vegetable food is rendered very difficult bv the
oS not cmate The insecurity in which many tribes
ooi by reason o natural phenomena
Increases e dnculty OF producing and maintaining fll
food supply " -'i'
Rice maize yams milat and squash seed are the prn
foal fao regetaoes raised By culture. summary Of the
1000 supply IS made by Miss Kingsley as follows .'Tbel
loou supply consists OF pantaln, YAM kOlO sweet nota
Voe Hze punpkln pineapple, and OchreS fish both wet
arc smoked and flesh Of many kinds including human in
certain diStrlcts and snas and snakes crayfsh and bio
maggot IKE pupae OF the hnoceros beetle and the Rbvno
c9phoips @natoi um For sweetmeats the sugar-cane
abounds but 1t only used chewed au natl1re 0nt
Of AL this varied material the natives of he Cono E
lS forests produce drtiy, careessy and wastefuv a
dull indigestible diet" "
The dwellings principally huts made of BAN hoo snlis
he enterstlces OF several inches being filed with loose
lay and gravel The roof is made of framework of
bamboo thatched with leaves grass. Practically the
ny difference between those Of the rich and noori b
greater number of the rich who have one for each vic
While the poor have but two There are no cities
me furniture consists of mat, (which is the masters
I eu au tape' an IRON pot wooden trough to beat up
ne vegetables large gourd, bench two and some
mes few baskets No idea of cleanliness prevails
sh are dried IN the open air, the hus colses are
ep for days and then buried in the hut and putd feb
i either man or beast is dainty dish
ne children up to ten or twelve years of age 90 abo-
lteiy naked Those older a oin cloth fringe of
eaded cloth suspended from the waist or a small apron y
leaves This more for ointment than on account of
lodesty and not at all to keep out the cold d.
As with all nao and people, the death of a person
as for the exercise of the greatest number of religious
stom and obsevances and with the negro these cali for
kinds of sacrifices Thus the death Of the head
the house. more particularly, if he be wealthy or of
NHv1Na IrIy,, till Al.
companonshp and service for the deceased IN Dead toy
nd N the case of poorer men, these things are done
n 4 scale IN A ttl,,J
Ii 9e.'0uo ~ lne ueUn Oh
ny 81 ASdJl necal0nDS 0i victims die furnish
be retinue for the royal ghost When King Kwamina r