Not Europeans only, not only Arabians and Turks, are emerging from the inhumanity and the enormities of the slave traffic; but even our own slaves, transplanted to the land of their fathers, are raising barriers against the spread of this execrable commerce.
Mann observes that not only are other nations moving away from slavery, but even enslaved individuals are resisting the slave trade.
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