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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
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