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He had the Convention of 1877, which called slave-hunting “robbery with murder.”
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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He had the Convention of 1877, which called slave-hunting “robbery with murder.”
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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He had the Convention of 1877, which called slave-hunting “robbery with murder.”
Three Empires on the Nile Dominic Green 2007
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Over time, though, the demand for vast numbers of slaves in the Americas transformed slave-hunting into a major West African industry.
The Price of Human Cargo Fergus Bordewich 2007
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The depressing effect which the slave-hunting scourge has upon the native mind, though little to be wondered at, is sad, very sad to witness.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Belchoir, another marauder, had been checked, but was still allowed to make war, as they term slave-hunting.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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A drought had visited the land after the slave-hunting panic swept over it.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The bearing of the Manganja at this time was very independent; a striking contrast to the cringing attitude they afterwards assumed, when the cruel scourge of slave-hunting passed over their country.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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The devastation caused by slave-hunting and famine lay all around.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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During our subsequent detention at Shupanga, he proceeded as far up the Shire as the Upper Cataracts, and saw the mere remnants of that dense population, which we at first had found living in peace and plenty, but which was now scattered and destroyed by famine and slave-hunting.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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