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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Vol. I.<br />
36. <strong>Slavery</strong> within England itself had been confirmed to be contrary to the common law in 1772. The slave trade was made<br />
illegal in 1807 and ranked with piracy from 1824. <strong>Slavery</strong> was made illegal in all British territories in 1833.<br />
37. BBC <strong>News</strong>, 8 February 2006, Church apologises for slave trade, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4694896.stm<br />
38. Examples of Popes condemning "indiscriminate" slavery (without denying the four 'just titles' for owning slaves)<br />
include: Pope Eugenius IV condemning the indiscriminate enslavement of natives in the Canary Islands in 1435, Pope<br />
Paul III condemning the indiscriminate enslavement of Indians in South America in 1537, Pope Urban VIII condemning the<br />
indiscriminate enslavement of Indians in South America in 1639, Pope Benedict XIV condemning the indiscriminate<br />
enslavement of natives in Brazil in 1741.<br />
39. The Guardian, 13 March 2000, Pope Says Sorry for Sins of Church. (The title is misleading since the pope failed to<br />
mention any "sins of the Church"). http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/mar/13/catholicism.religion also,<br />
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/674246.stm<br />
40. "Gospel Truth", The Independent on Sunday, 15 th May 1996.<br />
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