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Arab Woman and Half-Breed Children of the Red Sea Coast

ARAB WOMAN AND HALF-BREED CHILDREN OF THE RED SEA COAST

Like this curious group, many Yemen families along the coast show touches of negro blood. Inland as far as the town of Khaiwan, the converted blacks exercise important power, and often marry with Arab girls of the poor class. This is the result of many years of Red Sea traffic in African slaves, between Abyssinia and all Arabia and beyond