For those who admire Victor Hugo (a French writer of 19th century), he wrote a lot about Africa and their inhabitants (and also of inhabitants of Brittany and Vendée). His views on "inferior people" are absolutely terrifying:

"In the nineteenth century, the white man made true men of black people ; in the twentieth century, Europe will make a world of Africa."

http://www.imagesetmemoires.com/doc/Articles/B29paulhachugo....