A Modern Slavery

by Henry Woodd Nevinson

• Abeokuta, walled city of, [3];
• population of, [3].
• Accra, town of, [3].
• A Defeza de Angola, Loanda newspaper, [27].
• “Afoola,” native name for missionary, [142].
• “Agent,” the, [9], [29], [151]-[153], [163], [167], [169], [171]-[175], [181], [191], [196], [199].
• Ambriz, [180], [181].
• American mission, Congregationalist, [140];
• Wesleyan Episcopalian, [141].
• Amorim, Captain, [45], [119], [157].
• Angola, [26], [35], [37], [43], [51], [55], [67], [75], [83], [158].
• Antelopes, [72], [74], [77], [110].
• Ants, [6], [73], [112], [116].
• “Apeka” (slaves), [121].
• Arnot, F. S., missionary explorer, [51], [109], [141].
• Ashanti, town of, [1].
• Ashburton Treaty, [207].
• Atundwa plant, the, [109].
• Aureoles, [76].
• Axim, settlement of, [2].

• Bailundu, district of, [45], [156];
• mission village of, [158].
• Bailundu war of 1902, [45], [82], [115], [118], [141], [150], [157].
• Bananas, plantation of, [32].
• Barotzeland, [68].
• Barracoons, remains of, [13].
• Batatele cannibals, [52].
• Bees, [76], [107], [108].
• Beeswax, [42], [86], [149].
• Beit, Mr., [151].
• Belmonte, fort at, [84], [150].
• Benguela, town of, [43], [44], [46], [51], [69], [149], [169], [171], [173], [176], [178], [182];
• Boers at, [43].
• Berlin General Act, [207].
• Bihé, district of, [43], [45], [69], [77], [80], [83], [86], [104], [149]-[151], [152] n, [153], [156], [175].
• Bihéans, the, born traders, [85], [86];
• language of, [86];
• villages of, [87];
• public club (onjango) of, [88];
• games of, [91];
• proverbs of, [92];
• folk-lore of, [94];
• dancing of, [95];
• musical instruments of, [96], [97];
• witchcraft of, [99];
• slavery among, [100], [115];
• objections to burying slaves, [114];
• eat those meeting with sudden death, [128];
• thieves, [170].
• Birds, [7], [76], [110], [192].
• Black-headed crane, [76], [110].
• Bluebock, [77].
• Boer transport-riders, [43], [64], [82].
• Boers, long trek of, [67];
• knowledge of oxen, [68];
• trade in slaves, [68].
• Bogs, [65], [80], [81], [153], [154].
• Boiling springs, [153].
• Bourru-Bourru bog, [81], [154].
• “Boys,” native, [9], [16], [79].
• Brussels Conference of 1890, [149].
• Brussels General Act, [207].
• Buffaloes, [72], [74], [166].
• Burchell’s zebra (quagga), [74].
• Burial of slaves, [36], [114], [155], [206].
• Bush paths, [31], [85], [86], [115], [118].
• Bustard, great, [76].

• Cabinda, in Portuguese territory, [182].
• Caconda, fort at, [68];
• turning-point of journey, [77], [80].
• Caiala, town of, [84].
• Calabar, missionaries at, [14].
• Calei River, [81].
• Cameron’s, Commander, Across Africa, [110] n, [155] n, [157] n, [159] n.
• Camps, rest, [160].
• Candombo, deserted village of, [82].
• Cannibals, [52], [86], [162].
• Cape Coast Castle settlement, [2].
• Caravans, slave, [86], [117], [120], [121], [126], [163], [167].
• Cassava, native food, [31].
• Catholic mission, [56], [78], [79], [140].
• Cats, civet, [192], [204].
• “Central Committee of Labor and Emigration,” [46], [102].
• Chain-gangs, [44], [119], [153] n, [171], [172].
• Chibokwe tribe, the, [83], [107]-[110], [126];
• kill their slaves, [126];
• file their teeth, [127];
• eat those meeting with sudden death, [128];
• trade in rubber, [128];
• artistic, [129];
• dancing of, [129];
• religious rites of, [130];
• witchcraft of, [131];
• missionaries among, [132]-[148].
• Chicotes (hide whips), [120], [155].
• Children pawned into slavery, [29], [51], [150], [151].
• Chinjamba, pioneers at, [140].
• Chocolate from San Thomé and Principe islands, [167].
• Civet-cats, [192], [204].
• Cocoa, [26], [27], [32], [44], [46], [167], [188], [189], [192], [193].
• Coffee, [26], [32], [188], [198];
• plantation, working a, [33].
• Coillard, M., missionary, [142].
• Coinage, real, in Central Africa, [42], [84], [85], [107].
• Commercial Company of Angola, [84].
• Committee of Emigration, [174].
• Concubines, slaves as, [53].
• Contract, form of, serviçaes, [28].
• Contract labor, [23], [26], [34]-[38], [48], [57], [116], [153], [167], [169], [173], [196], [209];
• form of contract, [28];
• pay of, [38], [194]-[196], [208].
• Contrahidos or serviçaes, [27], [44], [46]-[48], [58], [172], [187], [190], [196], [208].
• Copper-mines, ancient, of Matanga, [86].
• Cotton cloth, [9], [33], [35], [42], [84]-[86].
• Cotton, trade in, [10].
• Crane, black-headed, [76], [110];
• dancing, [76].
• Crocodiles, [6], [41], [165], [168].
• Cuando River, [75], [80].
• Cuanza River, [75], [83], [104]-[106], [111], [112], [126].
• Cunene River, [80].
• Cunughamba River, [82].
• Cunyama, the, [78].
• Cunyami natives, [68].
• Currency, recognized, in Central Africa, [42], [84], [85], [107].
• Currie, Mr., missionary, [142].

• Dancing cranes, [76].
• Debtor, a, body left to jackals, [115].
• Decree of January 29, 1903, [158], [172]-[174], [176], [177], [180], [190], [194].
• Deer, [77], [110], 166.
• Deposits of magnesia, [153].
• Desert, Kalahari, [67].
• De Silva, fate of, [185].
• Ditch-canals, [32].
• Domestic slavery, [14], [17], [40]-[58], [100], [193].
• Doves, [76].
• Dried fish, “stinkfish,” [35], [37], [193], [194].
• Drum, native musical instrument, [96]-[99].
• Duiker, antelope, [77], [110].

• Eagles, [76].
• Eckstein, Mr., [151].
• Elands, [72], [166].
• Elephants, [74], [75].
• “Empreza Nacional,” profits of, [175].
• English mission, Plymouth Brethren, [140].
• Eucalyptus-trees of Benguela, [43].
• Exportation of slaves, [23], [157], [158], [168]-[185].

• Factories, [8]-[10], [12], [155].
• Fay, Mr., missionary, [142], [158].
• Fernando Po, island, [200].
• Ferries over the Cuanza, [111].
• Feudalism, [16].
• Fevers, [8], [105], [117], [150], [164], [168], [171].
• Flag-grasses, [31], [107].
• Flamingoes, [76].
• Fly, tsetse, [24].
• Form of contract, serviçaes, [28].
• Forts, [20], [21], [68], [70], [78], [84], [105], [111], [119], [124], [141], [150], [155], [156]-[159].
• Francolins, [76].
• Fruits, trade in, [10].
• Fugitive slaves, [171], [179], [194], [199]-[201], [203], [205], [207].

• Gangers, [34], [35], [155], [184], [193], [194], [199], [201], [206].
• Gnu, [77].
• Gold, [10].
• Grasses, [31], [107], [108], [153].
• Guinea-fowl, [76].
• Gums, trade in, [10].

• Hartebeest, [77].
• Hawks, [7], [76].
• Hide whips (chicotes or sjamboks), [120].
• Hippopotamus, [83], [111], [165].
• Honey-guide, [76].
• Hornbill, [76].
• Hugo, Victor, quoted, [17], [18].
• “Hungry country,” the, [47], [105], [107], [110]-[112], [115], [116], [118], [122], [124], [149], [164].
• Hunting slaves, [204], [205].
• Hyena, [76].

• Il Principe Island, [48], [151], [167], [173], [187]-[202].
• India-rubber plant, [33].
• Islands, Il Principe, [48], [151], [167], [173], [187]-[202];
• San Thomé, [26], [27], [44], [48], [51], [54], [116], [151]-[153], [157], [162], [163], [167], [170], [172]-[174], [176], [182], [187]-[202];
• Fernando Po, [200].
• Ivory, trade in, [10].

• Jackals, debtors left to, [115].
• Johannesburg, [201].
• Ju-ju house, [13], [18], [173].