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Ben Harrison: “The Conference of Brussels, to devise means for suppressing the slave trade in Africa, afforded an opportunity for a new…”

On the recordNovember 30, 1890
The Conference of Brussels, to devise means for suppressing the slave trade in Africa, afforded an opportunity for a new expression of the interest the American people feel in that great work.
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Ben Harrison
Republican · Indiana

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Second Annual Message

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