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Abolition of the slave trade: the Australian connection.(History)
ACCORDING TO BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair, the two hundredth anniversary of his country's abolition of the slave trade on March 25, 2007, offers the chance to say how profoundly shameful slavery was. Equally, however, it provides the occasion to commemorate those who abolished the trade. In 1807, the British were the first people in the world to do so. This was one of the great feats in the history of human freedom, and its originators and their motives deserve to be understood and celebrated today.
Moreover, there was a strong connection between the British colonisation of Australia and those who campaigned against slavery. Today, our contemporary ...
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