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the quaker Freeidout of the A, &. S, introduced the,
dcputatioa and presented a memorial atro oinV the
obl ations of the Govertutcnt under the ßruzc, vlo anti.
a1nvery act1 and denying that the A. S. S. was iotivuto, d
by political# reUgiou5 or conporciul interests.
But the links between fLavcry and conzarCO were not
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uaelectQd in thin deputation. Albert HoUit, Conservative
)S. Pe for Zclington vzd: Preridenb of the London Cb bcr of
Coz erce apoko of the great intoront e
. recced bi the
African ccction of the Charber, and concludod "an oxtoncion
of trade io calculated to restrain the traffic in claws. '"
Charles MacArthur, 'rccidont of the Zierpool Chamber of
Co=orco1 laid emphasis on the danger to 13ritiah trade
from foreign tarif tc ,.
thin would be tha cnao in Uganda
it it werd taten over by a form power, 'rarL1 Spcnco,
a partner in a worko at Birzmingham, 12anchoßtcr and Goolo,
depondont on the export trick, raiterntod that "not a
aquaro dito of the lit tiß , rcrAiuint torritory 4which can be
peacefully doUvorod from the oluvo trade and from heavy
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