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The defence of our retention of Suakin is that it is a very serious obstacle to the renewal and the conduct of that slave trade which is always trying to pass over from Africa into Asia.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “The defence of our retention of Suakin is that it is a very serious obstacle to the renewal and the conduct of that…”
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Morley defends the retention of Suakin as a necessary measure against the slave trade.
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