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Slave trade |
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SLAVE TRADE, criminal law. The infamous traffic in human flesh, which though
not prohibited by the law of nations, is now forbidden by the laws and
treaties of most civilized states.
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Amazing Grace" is a multifaceted look at the life of William Wilberforce and his self-consuming efforts to end the slave trade in the British Empire. The Final Victims: Foreign Slave Trade to North America, 1783-1810. If a date has to be set for the beginning of the end of the slave trade in the British Empire, it would be May 22, 1787, when twelve men held a meeting in London, England. |
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