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W.E.B. Du Bois _ The Suppression of the African
the United States succeeded by State action in prohibiting the slave-trade from 1798 to 1803, in furthering the cause of abolition, and in preventing the fitting out of slave-trade expeditions in United States ports. The country had good cause to congratulate itself.
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W.E.B. Du Bois _ The Suppression of the African
Denmark first responded to the denunciatory cries of the eighteenth century against slavery and the slave-trade. In 1792, by royal order, this traffic was prohibited in the Danish possessions after 1802.
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W.E.B. Du Bois _ The Suppression of the African
From this we may conclude that it behooves nations as well as men to do things at the very moment when they ought to be done.
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W.E.B. Du Bois _ The Suppression of the African
The "Paz" was an armed slaver flying the American flag.
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