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Ashore in a Niger Creek
IT happened four years ago that there was trouble in the wild region of swamp and forest lying among the many mouths of the Niger. Annoyed at the imposition of certain duties, and the diversion of trade through the creeks, and animated by the prospect of plunder in the factories, the river tribes, m...
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Published in: | Belgravia : a London magazine 1899-05, p.593-604 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | IT happened four years ago that there was trouble in the wild region of swamp and forest lying among the many mouths of the Niger. Annoyed at the imposition of certain duties, and the diversion of trade through the creeks, and animated by the prospect of plunder in the factories, the river tribes, many of whom are cannibals, threatened a general rising. |
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ISSN: | 2043-1457 |