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In 1850 Ouseley published "Notes on the Slave Trade". At that time there was a proposal to withdraw the
British naval squadrons that patrolled the Atlantic to put down the slave trade on the grounds that they were ineffective and cost too much money. In his book Ouseley argued that they did much
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good and should be kept. Appealing to his own experience as a diplomat in Brazil, he recalled that by "the active exertions of our cruisers and the intelligent and zealous co-operation of our officers" the slave trade from Africa to Brazil was greatly reduced.
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Ouseley argued against slavery on moral and religious grounds, and said it was exacerbated by racial prejudice. "Slavery and the prejudice of colour re-act on each other mutually as cause and effect".
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Ouseley was very well connected, having a
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was effectively created in 1816, and he was amongst a group of
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