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One hundred years ago and Africa was the privileged hunting-ground of…

Quote byFrances Ellen Watkins Harper · 1825–1911

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Address Delivered at the Centennial Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 14, 1875..

English (original)

One hundred years ago and Africa was the privileged hunting-ground of Europe and America, and the flag of different nations hung a sign of death on the coasts of Congo and Guinea, and for years unbroken silence had hung around the horrors of the African slave-trade.

— Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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