The Journal of Negro History Vol. 2: 1917 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Journal of Negro History Vol. 2: 1917<br><br>The slaves were carried across the desert by two kinds of caravans. First those composed of nomad tribes which migrated periodically from north to south. During the winter the tribes would pasture their camels along the edges of the desert but in the spring they would Visit the cities in the oases to gather up a supply of dates and other desert products to sell in the north. They would then in the same season proceed north to the cultivated regions of the Atlas mountains and arrive there in the midst of the harvest ex changing their southern commodities for grain raw-wool.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.