The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-07-22
The European and the African Slave Trade The Work Of The
Several Christian Missionary Societies the Most Outstanding
Factor in the Liberan Education and General Uphft.

mot only as a laborer hut as a SOL
der. This is the view of one Of the
most forceful English writers on the
Negro and his peculiar adaptability to
agree with Sir Harry Johnson in the
above statement, especially do we
challenge his statement that the Me-
gro is void or racial sympathy. The
tribe marlSs-many of which have left
their permanent impression at the
cost of great pain disproves this state
ment-the fact that frequent tribal
wars have been in the past and con-
tinues to destroy many lives do not es-
tablish a lack of racial sympathy on the
part of the Negro. The same might be
said of the white man or Europe
where the race has enjoyed ages of
civilized life History shows that Just
as fast as the continent RECEIVERS from
one war another is staged--the very
foundation of European civilization
yet fully secure, in the recent war. /
speak in this connection of war on q
big scale-when 1t comes to petty
wars the continent is rarely ever Tree
from them Mr.. Johnson's own coun-
.ry which represents the apogee of
European culture and Christian civilis-
cation has any thing but serene
record--but from its tribal days there
has flowed through 1t an almost I'M
broken stream of blood, in some part
war that RACES in Ireland today and
the wide spread anarchy that spreads
throughout the length and breadth Of
the white mans civilization seem a
potent argument in favor Of universal
human depravity-and not merely the
ldepravity of he Negro. The black
man is divide d entirely too much
but he Is not Did of racial sympathy.
On my recent trip down the West
Coast Of Africa, I had seen but few
Gelored people N Europe and there
We're only a few troops from Senegal
on the ship ON which took passage
they did not speak my language
every time they saw rue they gave
some expression OF racial feeling that
can never forget There are many
thi ugs this writer has said about the
phs steal qualities and genial spirit of
tho black man which are well known
facts, but in many others he Is wrong
II d the enlightened European gone to
Africa and taught the black man that
slavery was wrong the whole course
of history would be Different. but IL
was his aversion to hard labor that
gives the whole competition to slay-
cry He went Oh the continent and
began at once to tare away the
black man from his home to serve
him where ever hN went Ancient
Egypt. Carthage and Imperial Rome
lad their slave merkets; but with
the Mohammedan conquest az Afri-
ca, began the exploitation and en-
slavement of the black man on a gil
gantic scale. che Arabs had swept
across Northei Africa and become
directly acquainted with the Sudan,
which means in the Arabic, the Land
of the Black" The secIuding Of
women in Hsrems guarded by en-
nuchs had come into vogue during
the time of the Byzantine Empire,
1t Is possible. however that the
practice had its origin in more re-
mote times--evidences point to its
1eing of Syrian, Mesopotamian or
Egyptian origination. It was adopt
ted by the Mohailmedans and as the
Negro ennuchs proved to be the most
faithful guardians Of their women
they became much In demand The
Arabs soon began to import Negro
slaves and Ennuchs into North Az
rica, Arabia, Turl ay, Persia and Sy-
ria from the Sudan; while In la
ter centuries Emperors Of Morocco
established their power firmly "
importing fighting Negroes from Nj
geria. Into the Wet Coast OF India
Negro slaves were Imported from
East Africa to become the guards Of
palaces and to become the fighting
men of the navies. In the ri esidenF
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