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Published May, 1906.

DEDICATED TO

MY SISTER

MARIAN NEVINSON

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
[I].Introductory[1]
[II].Plantation Slavery on the Mainland[19]
[III].Domestic Slavery on the Mainland[40]
[IV].On Route to the Slave Centre[59]
[V].The Agents of the Slave-Trade[83]
[VI].The Worst Part of the Slave Route[104]
[VII].Savages and Missions[126]
[VIII].The Slave Route to the Coast[149]
[IX].The Exportation of Slaves[168]
[X].Life of Slaves on the Islands[187]
[Index ][211]

ILLUSTRATIONS

[HENRY W. NEVINSON]Frontispiece
[MAP OF PORTUGUESE WEST AFRICA]Facing p.[1]
[AN AFRICAN SWAMP]”[6]
[THE “KROOBOYS” WORKING A SHIP ALONG THE COAST]”[16]
[NATIVES IN CHARACTERISTIC DRESS]”[22]
[PLANTER’S HOUSE ON AN ANGOLA ESTATE]”[34]
[FIRST MAIL-STEAMER AT LOBITO BAY]”[40]
[END OF THE GREAT SLAVE ROUTE AT KATUMBELLA]”[42]
[AWKWARD CROSSING]”[60]
[CATHOLIC MISSION AT CACONDA]”[78]
[CARRIERS ON THE MARCH]”[84]
[BIHÉAN MUSICIANS]”[96]
[CROSSING THE CUANZA]”[104]
[NATIVES BURNING GRASS FOR SALT]”[108]
[SKELETON OF SLAVE ON A PATH THROUGH THE HUNGRY COUNTRY]”[112]
[A CHIBOKWE FORGE WHERE NATIVE SPEARS ARE MADE]”[128]
[A CHIBOKWE WOMAN AND HER FETICHES]”[132]
[ON THE WAY TO THE COAST]”[150]
[CARRIERS’ REST-HUTS]”[160]
[“ALL DAY LONG THEY LIE ABOUT THE LOWER DECK”]”[176]
[THE WOMEN HARDLY STIRRED AS WE APPROACHED SAN THOMÉ]”[182]
[LINED UP ON THE PIER AT SAN THOMÉ]”[184]
[SLAVE QUARTERS ON A PLANTATION]”[192]
[SLAVES WAITING FOR RATIONS ON SUNDAY]”[194]

PREFACE