ETHIOPIANS

From Agepedia

ETHIOPIANS, an indefinite ten* in ancient times, was used to signify all people of a dark or black skin, as well in Asia as Africa. Homer, who calls them the blameless, therefore places the Ethiopians both in the east and the west. Afterwards, the inhabitants of Abyssinia were called by this name, Abyssinia being denominated Ethiopia. The Ethiopian women, who are frequently sold as slaves in Constantinople, are celebrated for their fine forms. (See Negroes.)