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Category Archive: George Grey

George Grey Quote: “All the principal people in the…”

All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they possess; therefore there is little chance of the trade being, for many years, totally abolished.

September 20, 2019 1812, April 14, George Grey, New Zealander, Quotes by Leaders

George Grey Quote: “In front of us lay a…”

In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded with numerous islands of every variety of form.

July 3, 2019 1812, April 14, George Grey, New Zealander, Quotes by Leaders

George Grey Quote: “This part of Brazil offered the…”

This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country.

January 11, 2019 1812, April 14, George Grey, New Zealander, Quotes by Leaders

George Grey Quote: “The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished…”

The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay.

November 25, 2018 1812, April 14, George Grey, New Zealander, Quotes by Leaders
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