Word: delagoa
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...turned slave hunter. Indeed, any one may do so who has a few slaves and guns. No notice is taken of him till he has plundered enough to stand a good squeeze. He is fined and then allowed to begin again. "This system, carried on from Cape Delgado to Delagoa Bay, completely neutralizes all the efforts of our citizens. On the West Coast the squadron kept down slaving till the influences of civilization and Christianity spread inland. Twenty missions have been established and 20 dialects have been reduced to writing. Over 12,000 communicants sit down in various churches...
...fact of uninterrupted possession for a century by Russia and the United States justifies the present exclusive jurisdiction of the United States; cases of Santa Luna and of Delagoa Bay, Hall...
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