46 THE NEGRO RACE. 



of Caffres. Almost all the inhabitants of the east 

 coast of Africa belong to this variety. The Hot- 

 tentots, found in the most southern point, form 

 another subdivision. They have cheek-bones so 

 prominent, that the face appears almost triangular. 

 Their colour is a brown olive. 



It was among these black nations that the people 

 of Europe for several centuries purchased human 

 beings, whom they carried away to be employed 

 as slaves in the cultivation of the land in their 

 American colonies. Our own nation was the first 

 to give up this barbarous traffic, an example that has 

 been followed in almost all the civilized countries. 



Questions. 



What are the countries inhabited by the negroes 1 



What are they distinguished by 1 



Which are accounted the ugliest of the black tribes 1 



Which are the handsomest ? 



What nations in the southernmost part of Africa, though 

 not quite black, belong to this variety? 



For what purpose were slaves purchased by the Europeans 

 among these black nations? 



What country first jrave up this trade ? 



