The Poor Blacks
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Exploration, Cultural Geography, Ethnology, Gender |
Noting David Livingstone's return from Africa after sixteen years, laments that some of the tribes upon which Livingstone 'reports favourably' have now fallen into 'frightful barbarism', namely, 'the men are entirely under the control of their wives'. | |
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