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period have neglected it in order tc concentrate on Napoleon ind the reconstruction of Europe, Scholars of Kegro history generally have traced the slave trade up to 1SG7 and then have turned to the emancipation Movement, This thesis represents an attempt to satisfy ths need for a diplomatic study of this issue, Britain, thi.- greatest maritime nation at the beginning of the nineteenth century and the dominant slave trading state, took the initiative in suppressing the Atlantic slave trad © by abolishing her own in 1B07 and prohibiting slavery in 1833. But British participation in this traffic did not cease in 1^0?} many-,nt: lishmen, indeed, barely hesitated long enough to pull do«rn the Union J. ck and run up some other flag before continuing this infamous commerce. During the post-'.'apoleonie era (1615-1 £22) , th