“COLOURED NAPOLEON.”
DOMESTIC AND POLITICAL LIFE OF MUSHIDI.
HORRIBLE SLAVE TRAFFIC
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 24, 9.55 a.m.) London, January 23. Mr Crawford, who for twenty-three years was a missionary, gives harrowing details of the slave trade in Angola. Mr Crawford was for several years a prisoner of Mushidi, nicknamed “the coloured Napoleon.’ 1 ’ Mnshidi had 500 wives, including one white woman. He conquered many tribes and there were executions daily of batches of men and children. The Belgians finally shot Mushidi.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19120124.2.39
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 35, 24 January 1912, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
85“COLOURED NAPOLEON.” Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 35, 24 January 1912, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in