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expansion in Africa+ began to be clearly delineated.
They fell into three overlapping categorioa "" the
Conservatives fringe groups which derived their impetus
from Disraelian Imperialism and tended to emphfrniae
psychological motives, . the desire for honour and
prestige for instance, but which also urged commercial
expansion for new markets; the humanitarians, who
rested heavily on missionary and anti-slave trade platforms.
commerce was of course inextricably connected with
plans to eradicate the slave trade; and the commercial
interests which played a minor role in the Imperialist
agitation re Egypt and the Sudan, but whose ergumsnta
helped to broaden the philanthrdpic and Conservative
care.
In the absence of any crticulatc mane public opinion
on the mcrits of African expansion the pressure groupn
attained a particular importance.