. Europe in Africa in the nineteenth century . PAUL DU CHAIIJ L ?? a great trade ix:i such ariiciec? is still carried -•;.h .,!-. the west coast, and thence slave-raid;draw indirectlj tlieir o( things in one year (1892-1893) amounlvto on; and one-half million gallons of cheap liquor, sixtusand two hundred and seventy-two guns, and ovii^U a. million pounds of powder. It is true that tl.;import, prior to April, 1892, the date of the-ratificati<of the Brussels Act, was not an absolute breach of inte;national treaty, but its continuation since that date -•absolute violat
. Europe in Africa in the nineteenth century . PAUL DU CHAIIJ L ?? a great trade ix:i such ariiciec? is still carried -•;.h .,!-. the west coast, and thence slave-raid;draw indirectlj tlieir o( things in one year (1892-1893) amounlvto on; and one-half million gallons of cheap liquor, sixtusand two hundred and seventy-two guns, and ovii^U a. million pounds of powder. It is true that tl.;import, prior to April, 1892, the date of the-ratificati<of the Brussels Act, was not an absolute breach of inte;national treaty, but its continuation since that date -•absolute violation of the most solemn pledges. ^ The west coast of Africa has been frequented by Eurpeans since it was first explored by the Portuguese, shorl;before the discovery of America by Columbus. In tJseventeenth century ail the maritime nations of Euro] <-except Spain, had forts or factories on the coast, when*they supplied slaves for their plantations in ArherirWithin the last ten years France has been unceasing in b,efforts ??? f
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