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The movement was not a great moral protest against an iniquitous traffic; although it had undoubtedly a strong moral backing, it was primarily a temporary war measure.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Editor's note · Context
Du Bois critiques the motivations behind the movement against the slave trade, suggesting it was more a wartime strategy than a moral crusade.
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