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English: Compulsory service in Angola

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Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Chambliss, J. E
Subjects: Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Publisher: Philadelphia, Hubbard bros. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
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FISHING SCENE IN ANGOLA.
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COMPULSORY SERVICE IN ANGOLA. big funerals. 183 indeed, are more of the negro type than many of the tribes—much the same disposition to imitate the more enlightened white people, as we know to be a feature of negro character in our own country, and naturally enough they succeed best in those particulars which are least commendable. The better qualities in people hardly ever impress themselves as forcibly on the minds of the untutored as do others. These Angolese negroes, for instance, have developed a singular fondness for litigation, in which they are reckless of all results if only they may have the comfort of taking an antagonist to court. Livingstone mentions a case which came before the weekly court of the commandant, involving property in a palm tree worth two-pence. The judge advised the pursuer to withdraw the case, as the mere expenses of entering it would be much more than the cost of the tree. Oh, no, said he; I have a piece of calico with me for the clerk, and money for yourself. I

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