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tnoognt learnin' was a wicked ftontip a,,u tion.” None of his family everHrnejl0 realt;^ one boy, and be “teaehed school* wfi^)an® then went to studying diwiuity !” *The Slave Trade.—An Ai^cJ officer, writ* ing from the naval station on tie gMhwest coast of Africa, td the Philadelphia Initirjpb say® ^ie slave trade : f ■ WWhen I was ordered to this thought,likea great majority of persons, that tkepaPPre38i°n tire slave trade by cruisers, waa impossible, and I ridiculed the very idea, but eight^^0*1*^°f cruising and observation have convinc«|#e t0 fc^e eon* trary. We are now about to Iea*sl*a coa8t f°r St. Helena, on our way to Porto-PraM^ith the gratifying knowledge that the slave tmdj|at *ts lowest ebb —more completely broken up thaiM* has ever before been. T-This is certainly very gratifying all friends of humanity, and goes to prove patd* benefits have arisen, and can still arise, from stpadrons being kept on the coast of Afoica. For thirty years the English government had some few men-o|war here, but not until 1845 did they use the mean^now in operation to pot down the iniquitous trafic. Twenty-seven cruisers, mostly steamers, on this coast,and as many more on the Brazils, Ibave at last brougpt the trade to its last “gasp.” True, they have been assisted by the French and American squadrons, aad this assistance has been very great,for without it they never could have suppressed the trade—the “right of search” not being allowed by the French or American government to these vessels. Lately, also, has been rendered by the Brazilian government, o decree havingW«4Yf p6S€u wmun ■ in m— m—«i*»tuiiuuuiui* slayes Into the Brazilian territory. These last aids were very tardy; though ; for the decree bears date of November, 1850, and until the appointment of Commander Gregory, but little was done by our squadron to prevent slavers from using (and abusing) the American flag. At one time, eai ly in 1849, seven or eight suspected vessels, and all under American colors, were at anchor at Arabra, the greatest slave depot on the coast. Information of the fact being given to Commodore Gregory, this brig was instantly dispatched to that pcint, and in less than six months
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Civilian and Galveston Gazette
Galveston, Texas, US
Tue, Sep 02, 1851
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