Note 253 — Chapter XXIII

So the great Central African King, Muata ya Nvo, or Matiamvo, said, in 1847, to the Portuguese traveller, Graça: “It is customary for us to sell as slaves those who commit murder or robbery, and those who are guilty of adultery, insubordination, and sorcery; and having a great number of slaves, what can I do with them but put them to death if I cannot find purchasers for them?”