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Article: COMMEMORATION OF ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVE TRADE PROVIDES HISTORY LESSON

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March 6, 2007
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The Ohio University issued the following news release:

Participants in Ohio University's two-day commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the end of the slave trade were given a thorough history lesson.

Emory University professor David Eltis began his keynote address on Thursday evening by asking, "What is the significance of the abolishment of the slave trade?"

Eltis said history shows us the U.S. abolishment of the slave trade in 1807 in reality didn't end the slave trade and he used his new online database to show that more than three million slaves were transported from Africa after Congress abolished the slave trade in 1807. The numbers reveal that the U.S. was a minor player in the ...

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