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The Slave Trade

           

           But,necessaryaswasthefoundationofthecoloniesbeyondtheseafromallpointsofview,itcouldnotjustifythosemarketsforhumanflesh.Generousvoicessoonmadethemselvesheard,whichprotestedagainstthetradeinblacks,anddemandedfromtheEuropeangovernmentsadecreeofabolitioninthenameoftheprinciplesofhumanity.

           In1751,theQuakersputthemselvesattheheadoftheabolitionmovement,evenintheheartofthatNorthAmericawhere,ahundredyearslater,theWarofSecessionwastoburstforth,towhichthisquestionofslaverywasnotaforeignone.DifferentStatesintheNorth—Virginia,Connecticut,Massachusetts,Pennsylvania—decreedtheabolitionoftheslavetrade,andfreedtheslavesbroughttotheirterritoriesatgreatexpense.

           ButthecampaigncommencedbytheQuakersdidnotlimititselftothenorthernprovincesoftheNewWorld.SlaveholderswerewarmlyattackedbeyondtheAtlantic.FranceandEngland,moreparticularly,recruitedpartisansforthisjustcause."Letthecoloniesperishratherthanaprinciple!"SuchwasthegenerouscommandwhichresoundedthroughalltheOldWorld,and,inspiteofthegreatpoliticalandcommercialinterestsengagedinthequestion,itwaseffectivelytransmittedthroughEurope.

           Theimpetuswasgiven.In1807,Englandabolishedtheslave-tradeinhercolonies,andFrancefollowedherexamplein1814.Thetwopowerfulnationsexchangedatreatyonthissubject—atreatyconfirmedbyNapoleonduringtheHundredDays.

           However,thatwasasyetonlyapurelytheoreticaldeclaration.

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