Dawn in Darkest Africa

About this eBook

Author

Harris, John H. (John Hobbis), 1874-1940

Title

Dawn in darkest Africa

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Smith, Elder & Co.,1912.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Africa, West

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69757

Release Date

January 9, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.DAWN IN DARKEST AFRICA
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.AUTHOR’S PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.FOREWORD WEST AFRICA
7. 7.PART I
8. 8.I THE AFRICAN “PORTER”
9. 9.II THE PADDLER AND HIS CANOE
10. 10.III THE AFRICAN FOREST
11. 11.IV A MEDLEY OF CUSTOMS — ( a ) Cicatrization — ( b ) Personal Adornment — ( c ) “ The Angel of Death ” — ( d ) Peace and Arbitration
12. 12.V THE NATIVE AS A MONEY MAKER
13. 13.VI THE AFRICAN WOMAN — The African Wife — Twins
14. 14.PART II CIVILIZATION AND THE AFRICAN
15. 15.I THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
16. 16.II LIGHTENING THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN
17. 17.III GOVERNMENTS AND COMMERCE
18. 18.IV THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC
19. 19.V THE EDUCATED NATIVE
20. 20.VI JUSTICE AND THE AFRICAN
21. 21.VII RACE PREJUDICE
22. 22.PART III
23. 23.I LABOUR—SUPPLY AND DEMAND
24. 24.II LAND AND ITS RELATION TO LABOUR
25. 25.III PORTUGUESE SLAVERY — The Slave’s Case
26. 26.IV THE FUTURE OF BELGIAN CONGO
27. 27.PART IV MORAL AND MATERIAL PROGRESS
28. 28.I THE PRODUCTS OF THE OIL PALM — The Palm in Tonnage and in Figures Sterling.
29. 29.II THE PRODUCTION OF RUBBER
30. 30.III THE PRODUCTION OF COCOA
31. 31.IV THE PROGRESS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS
32. 32.PART V
33. 33.I THE MAP OF AFRICA RE-ARRANGED
34. 34.FOOTNOTES
35. 35.INDEX

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