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Over the course of several decades, from roughly 1870 until 1900, the British became actively involved in suppressing and eventually eliminating slave traffic in Egypt and surrounding areas. The slavery practiced in this part of the world was female or harem oriented and sanctioned by Muslim authorities. While the British had a history of abolitionist activity with respect to slavery in places such as the West Indies, the United States, and Brazil, it did not prepare them for these new encounters, and the British decision to initiate an anti-slavery campaign in Egypt involved entering new political and ideological territory.
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