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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - June 23, 1860
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
The writer describes various ships that he believes are still participating in the slave trade. Although this practice is illegal, as long as there is money to be made, this will continue. He believes that if the transport of Africans to the U.S. for the purpose of slavery is officially declared piracy by the U.S. government, the laws will be better enforced, and the slave trade will end.
Description of file(s): two scanned, two columned, newspaper pages
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Title: Weekly Anglo-African - September 17, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Weekly Anglo-African (1859 - 1862)
Brief news snippets of current events in Monrovia received from recently arrived ships from Africa.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column