David Livingstone : his labours and his legacy . HEADQLARTERS OF THE AFRICAN IAK2S COMPANY, MANDALA CHAPTER XII. Livingstones legacy (continued). THE other half of the legacy which Livingstoneleft to his country is the eradication of theslave trade. With it are coupled conditions whichhis knowledge and foresight led him to lay down—theabolition of slavery by the substitution of legitimatecommerce, and determined contention with the influ-ences which foster the traffic in slaves. For a generation and more Central Africa has beenunder a reign of terror—the reign of the Arabs. Theadvance of the A
David Livingstone : his labours and his legacy . HEADQLARTERS OF THE AFRICAN IAK2S COMPANY, MANDALA CHAPTER XII. Livingstones legacy (continued). THE other half of the legacy which Livingstoneleft to his country is the eradication of theslave trade. With it are coupled conditions whichhis knowledge and foresight led him to lay down—theabolition of slavery by the substitution of legitimatecommerce, and determined contention with the influ-ences which foster the traffic in slaves. For a generation and more Central Africa has beenunder a reign of terror—the reign of the Arabs. Theadvance of the Arab in Africa has steadily spreadin an ever-widening path from the starting-point ofZanzibar until it has covered, Hke a hideous leprousblotch, the whole of the equatorial regions. Theadvance has been slow, and until late years markedby caution. The Arab came among the ignoranthordes who dwelt in comparative peace, cultivatingthe fertile soil. He came with open hand, exchangedhis calicoes and beads and wire for the ivory of theelephant, and
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