THE RISING SON.
CHAPTER I.
THE ETHIOPIANS AND EGYPTIANS.
The origin of the African race has provoked more
criticism than any other of the various races of man
on the globe. Speculation has exhausted itself in trying
to account for the Negro's color, features, and
hair, that distinguish him in such a marked manner
from the rest of the human family.
All reliable history, and all the facts which I have been able to gather upon this subject, show that the African race descended from the country of the Nile, and principally from Ethiopia.
The early history of Ethiopia is involved in great obscurity. When invaded by the Egyptians, it was found to contain a large population, consisting of savages, hunting and fishing tribes, wandering herdsmen, shepherds, and lastly, a civilized class, dwelling in houses and in large cities, possessing a govern-
