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Great Britain of a project for the establishment of a powerful line of steam-vessels between that country and the African coast, ostensibly for the conveyance of a monthly mail, and the more effectual checking of the slave-traffic, is strong proof, we think, of the value that the commerce between the two countries is capable of becoming.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Again, when another slaveholder gave the wretchedness of Negroes, occasioned by intestine wars, as a justification of slave-traffic, Woolman answered that, if compassion for the Africans, on account of their domestic troubles, was the real motive of buying them, the spirit of tenderness should incite the Friends to use the Negroes kindly, as strangers brought out of affliction.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Various

There is a slave-traffic in Gaza; but it only consists in the consignment of articles already commissioned for in Egypt, on behalf of private purchasers in Syria -- at least, so the world is given to understand.

Byeways in Palestine James Finn

The European governments that had possessions in Africa were all doing their best to suppress the slave-traffic.

Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) Various

In the southern colonies especially, the question about the status of the converted slave threatened to interfere with the slave-traffic so that several of them passed acts to relieve the consciences of its citizens.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Various

The United States, however, continued its internal slave-traffic, of a character even more obnoxious than that which it engaged to suppress.

Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812

In his absence, a rebellion had broken out in Darfour—one of the vast outlying provinces of his government—where a native chieftain, Zobeir, had erected, on a basis of slave-traffic, a dangerous military power.

The End of General Gordon: Paras. 1-30 1918

Again, when another slaveholder gave the wretchedness of Negroes, occasioned by intestine wars, as a justification of slave-traffic, Woolman answered that, if compassion for the Africans, on account of their domestic troubles, was the real motive of buying them, the spirit of tenderness should incite the Friends to use the Negroes kindly, as strangers brought on of affliction.

John Woolman's Efforts in Behalf of Freedom G. David Houston 1917

The frequently published statement in justification of Cromwell's persecution, that the victimes of this white slave-traffic were criminals, finds no corroboration in the existence of a single penal colony in this country.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

As to the slave-traffic as a whole, laudable as the efforts of England have been to abolish this infamous trade in Western and South-western Africa, there does not appear to be the smallest hope of the abolition of slavery in Africa itself.

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure Various 1909