Word: lisbon
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1. March, "Queen of Sheba," Gounod 2. Overture, "Martha," Flotow 3. Selection, "Aida," Verdi 4. Indian Dance from Suite II, MacDowell 5. Overture, "Sakuntala," Goldmark 6. A Night in Lisbon, Saint-Saens 7. Selection, "Faust," Gounod 8. Invitation to Dance, Weber 9. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 10. Suite, "Peer Gynt," Grieg 11. Selection, "Fortune Teller," Herbert 12. March, "Teufel," Suppe
Slavery and the slave trade, Professor DuBois said, began with the appearance at Lisbon in 1442 of 30 negro slaves These excited the cupidity of the Portuguese traders, who realized the superiority of negro labor over Indian labor in working the gold mines of America. The slave trade was then successively taken up by the Dutch, the English, and finally in 1807 by the Americans, the transportation of slaves growing from several thousand in 1450 to over 60,000 in 1790. The present condition of the negro race is due in great measure to the past terrible brutality...