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A missing quotation mark was inserted at the beginning of thisparagraph: "It is difficult to imagine that Egypt should have obtained itfrom Europe where the oldest find (in Hallstadt) cannot be of an earlierperiod than 800 B.C., or from Asia, where iron is not known before 1000B.C., and where, in the times of Ashur Nazir Pal, it was still usedconcurrently with bronze, while iron beads have been only recentlydiscovered by Messrs. G.A. Wainwright and Bushe Fox in a predynasticgrave, and where a piece of this metal, possibly a tool, was found in themasonry of the great pyramid."]
I
AFRICA
II
THE COMING OF BLACK MEN
III
ETHIOPIA AND EGYPT
IV
THE NIGER AND ISLAM
V
GUINEA AND CONGO
VI
THE GREAT LAKES AND ZYMBABWE
VII
THE WAR OF RACES AT LAND'S END
VIII
AFRICAN CULTURE
IX
THE TRADE IN MEN
X
THE WEST INDIES AND LATIN AMERICA
XI
THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES
XII
THE NEGRO PROBLEMS
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
The Physical Geography of Africa
Ancient Kingdoms of Africa
Races in Africa
Distribution of Negro Blood, Ancient and Modern
TOA FAITHFUL HELPERM.G.A.
The time has not yet come for a complete history of the Negropeoples. Archæological research in Africa has just begun, and manysources of information in Arabian, Portuguese, and other tongues arenot fully at our command; and, too, it must frankly be confessed,racial prejudice against darker peoples is still too strong in so-calledcivilized centers for judicial appraisement of the peoples of Africa.Much intensive monographic work in history and science is neededto clear mooted points and quiet the controversialist who mistakespresent personal desire for scientific proof.
Nevertheless, I have not been able to withstand the temptation toessay such short general statement of the main known facts and theirfair interpretation as shall enable the general reader to know as mena sixth or more