CHAPTER II.—GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SLAVERY.

§ 1. Introduction 41

It is not so easy as at first sight it seems, to ascertain the existence or non-existence of slavery in every particular case 41.—Our method. 1º What if slavery is stated to exist? 42.—2º What if slavery is stated to be absent? 43.—3º What if our authorities are silent on the subject? 43.—We confine ourselves to savages 44.—Civilized and semi-civilized influence 45.—Geographical groups 46.—“Positive” and “negative cases” 46.—Use of the past and present tense 46.

§ 2. North America 47

1. Eskimos 47.—2. Nootka group 49.—3. Tinneh group 50.—4. Algonquin group 52.—5. Iroquois group 55.—6. Choctaw-Muskoghe group 56.—7. Dacotah group 58.—8. Oregon group 59.—9. Californians 61.—10. New Mexicans 63.—Negro slavery among the Indians 69.

§ 3. Central and South America 70

§ 4. Australia 83

§ 5. Melanesia 85

§ 6. Polynesia 97

§ 7. Micronesia 102

§ 8. Malay Archipelago 110

I Malay Peninsula 110.—II Sumatra and neighbouring islands 110.—III Borneo 112.—IV Celebes 113.—V Little Sunda islands and Moluccas 114.—VI Philippines 115.—VII Madagascar 117.—Semi-civilized Malay peoples 120.

§ 9. Indo-Chinese Peninsula 123

§ 10. India, Afghanistan, Himalaya 124

§ 11. Central Asia 127

§ 12. Siberia 132

§ 13. Caucasus 136

§ 14. Arabia 138

§ 15. Africa. A. Bantu tribes 138

1. Caffres 138.—2. South-west Bantus 144.—3. East African Bantus 147.—4. Tribes on the Congo and in Lower Guinea 149.—5. Natives of the Wahuma states 152.

§ 16. Africa. B. Soudan Negroes 155

1. Coast of Guinea 155.—2. Haussa states 157.—3. Central Soudan 157.—4. Upper Nile 157.—Appendix: African Islands 159.

§ 17. Africa. C. Light-coloured South Africans and African pigmy—tribes 161

§ 18. Africa. D. Hamitic peoples 163

§ 19. Recapitulation 165