The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy
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The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
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| The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy Context triple: [Thomas Fowell Buxton, notableWork, The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy]
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A.
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
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B.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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D.
A Mercy
"A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
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E.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy Target entity description: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
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A.
Atlantic slave trade
The Atlantic slave trade was a transoceanic system from the 16th to 19th centuries in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the Americas and sold into chattel slavery, profoundly shaping the economic and social history of the Atlantic world.
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B.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves is a multi-volume collection of first-person accounts by formerly enslaved people, compiled in the 1930s and 1940s and regarded as one of the most important primary sources on American slavery.
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C.
The Slave
The Slave is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer that explores themes of faith, love, and spiritual resilience in 17th-century Poland through the story of a Jewish man enslaved after a massacre.
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D.
A Mercy
"A Mercy" is a historical novel by Toni Morrison that explores themes of slavery, motherhood, and identity in 17th-century America through the intertwined lives of several women.
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E.
Negro Life at the South
"Negro Life at the South" is an 1859 genre painting by American artist Eastman Johnson that depicts the everyday lives of enslaved African Americans in a Washington, D.C. backyard, offering a complex, nuanced view of slavery on the eve of the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
19th-century book
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abolitionist treatise ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| advocates |
moral responsibility of Britain toward Africa
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use of commerce as an anti-slavery tool ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
influence British government policy
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influence British public opinion ⓘ provide practical measures to end the slave trade ⓘ |
| analyzes |
causes of the African slave trade
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economic structures sustaining the slave trade ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
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Evangelical reform movement in Britain ⓘ |
| author | Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
European complicity in the slave trade
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continuing illegal slave trading after British abolition ⓘ |
| critiques | limitations of existing anti-slavery laws ⓘ |
| documents |
human suffering caused by the slave trade
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scale of the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
British colonial policy in Africa
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West Africa ⓘ |
| genre |
abolitionist literature
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political treatise ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
African societies engaged in or affected by the slave trade
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European and American slave traders ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early Victorian era
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post-1807 British abolition of the slave trade ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on legitimate commerce in Africa
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later British anti-slavery policy in Africa ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
British abolitionist activists
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British policymakers ⓘ educated British public ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
British anti-slavery movement
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abolitionism ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| proposes |
British governmental intervention to suppress the slave trade
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development of agricultural production in Africa ⓘ economic incentives to replace slave trading ⓘ political action against the slave trade ⓘ promotion of legitimate commerce in Africa ⓘ treaties with African rulers ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1839 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British abolition of slavery in the British Empire
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Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement ⓘ
surface form:
British naval West Africa Squadron
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| supports |
international cooperation against the slave trade
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naval suppression of the slave trade ⓘ |
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Subject: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy Description of subject: The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy is an 1839 abolitionist treatise by Thomas Fowell Buxton that analyzes the transatlantic slave trade and advocates practical measures, including legitimate commerce and political action, to end it.
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