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Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05832 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1857 Pagination: 5 items Order a Copy

Five documents regarding efforts of British and American Naval ships off the African coast and around the mouth of the Congo River to end the illegal African slave trade.

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