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On the geographical position, & physical characteristics of the different tribes.

All the negroes of Brazil [[strikethrough]] may [[/strikethrough]] who have been brought from Africa, may be divided into two [[strikethrough]] very [[/strikethrough]] distinct & very dissimilar classes - viz, those who are derived from countries [[underline]] north [[/underline]] of the Equator, & those from the [[underline]] south [[/underline]]. The former were inhabitants of that portion of the [[strikethrough]] country [[/strikethrough]] continent known under the general name of Upper Guinea, including the [[strikethrough]] segment [[/strikethrough]] countries in the interior as far as Timbuctoo & Bornou, & in short ^[[the whole of that vast]] [[strikethrough]] all that [[/strikethrough]] region [[strikethrough]] were [[/strikethrough]] traversed by the expeditions of Pack, Denham, Happerton & the Landers. The slaves derived from this source, though of various nations & languages, have yet a general likeness which stamps them as of one race. In Brazil they are all known under the general [[strikethrough]] name [[/strikethrough]] ^[[appellation]] of Minas, from [[strikethrough]] the [[/strikethrough]] a [[strikethrough]] nation [[/strikethrough]] tribe of that name, who live along the Slave Coast, & whose language is a general medium of communication among the surrounding tribes.

The Mina slaves are distinguished from those of South Africa in both their body & intellectual traits. They are mostly above the middle height, well-formed, with features whose contour approaches as near that of the European as the received type of the African race; the forehead is high, the cheekbones prominent, [[strikethrough]] the lips rather thick, [[/strikethrough]] the nose [[strikethrough]]st[[/strikethrough]] sometimes straight & sometimes depressed, the lips not very thick & the teeth small and perpendicular. The hair is woolly & the color a dark amber or reddish brown. The look ^[[&]] bearing of the Mina ^[[blacks]] are expressive of intelligence & even dignity, & they betray little of that levity [[strikethrough]] wih [[/strikethrough]] which is generally ascribed to the negro. In Brazil, they occupy the highest position to which the slaves are allowed to attain being generally confidential house-servants, ^[[artisans,]] or small [[strikethrough]] merchants [[/strikethrough]] traders. The sellers of produce in the market, & the female pedlers of light wares, who are seated along the sides of the chief street in Rio Janeiro, belong to this class. They look down upon the other negroes as [[strikethrough]] an inferior [[/strikethrough]]