The Wazaramo have no weapons of war; warfare seems unknown among them. They formerly suffered much from the slave-trade[591]. We do not know, whether they have slaves; probably they have not.
Peters, in his account of the Maravis, gives some particulars about slaves; but they are not sufficient to decide, whether there is domestic slavery or slave-trade only[592].
The Wasinja and Wakerewe export slaves; but slaves are also imported into their country by caravans[593]. Probably the latter are kept among them; but this short note is not sufficient to draw a positive inference from.
The Wafipa are said never to make slaves or to sell them to traders. When a slave succeeds in arriving at the town of Kapufi, he is considered free. They never make war, though they defend themselves when attacked[594].
Among the Wanyaturu slavery is unknown[595].
Von Höhnel, visiting the country of the Wakikuyu, found two men, who some years before had joined a caravan and had been left behind because they were ill; from that time they had lived as slaves among the Wakikuyu[596]. This statement shows, that the Wakikuyu keep slaves for their own use, not for export only.
Of the Wawira we have a detailed description by Emin Pasha. As there is not a word about slaves in it, it is almost certain that slavery does not exist among them[597].
Slavery is also very probably not to be found among the Wataveta, minutely described by Thomson, Johnston and Von Höhnel[598]. [[149]]
4. Tribes on the Congo and in Lower Guinea.
Ward and De Bas, speaking of the Congo tribes in general, state that slavery exists[599].