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The Slave Trade

           Nevertheless,nothingistruer;whilethecruiserswatchthecoastsoftheAtlanticandtheIndianOceans,thetrafficgoesonregularlyintheinterior,thecaravanswalkonundertheeyesofcertainfunctionaries,andmassacres,wheretenblacksperishtofurnishoneslave,takeplaceatstatedperiods!

           SoitwillnowbeunderstoodhowterriblewerethosewordsjustpronouncedbyDickSand.

           "Africa!EquatorialAfrica!Africaofslave-tradersandslaves!"

           Andhewasnotdeceived;itwasAfricawithallitsdangers,forhiscompanionsandforhimself.

           ButonwhatpartoftheAfricancontinenthadaninexplicablefatalitylandedhim?Evidentlyonthewesterncoast,andasanaggravatingcircumstance,theyoungnovicewasforcedtothinkthatthe"Pilgrim"wasthrownonpreciselythatpartofthecoastofAngolawherethecaravans,whichclearallthatpartofAfrica,arrive.

           Infactitwasthere.ItwasthatcountrywhichCamerononthesouthandStanleyonthenorthweregoingtocrossafewyearslater,andatthepriceofwhatefforts!Ofthisvastterritory,whichiscomposedofthreeprovinces,Benguela,Congo,andAngola,therewasbutlittleknownthenexceptthecoast.ItextendsfromtheNourse,inthesouth,asfarastheZaireinthenorth,andthetwoprincipaltownsformtwoports,BenguelaandSt.Paul’deLoanda,thecapitalofthecolonywhichsetofffromthekingdomofPortugal.

           Intheinteriorthiscountrywasthenalmostunknown.Fewtravelershaddaredtoventurethere.

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