Thoughts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, and Civilization of Africa: With Remarks on the African Institution, and an Examination of the Report of Their Committee, Recommending a General Registry of Slaves in the British West India Islands

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Abolition of the Slave Trade upon the subjects of other nations, as to deprive them of their property, by making that settlement a place of refuge and protection for fugitive slaves? The Legislature has latel y given a prac tical answer to this question, by paying an indemnity to the Portuguese Government, for the value of their ships and cargoes employed in the Slave Trade.

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