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Subject: South Africa and sources and (19th century or 20th century)
Subject: slave$ and (letters or correpondence or personal narratives or sources) and 19th century
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Author: Johnson-Sirleaf, Ellen
Author: Rhodes, Cecil
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Author: Church of England
Subject: Oceania or "Islands of the Pacific" or "New Zealand" or Australia or Papua
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Subject: history and Australia
Keyword: Van Diemen's Land
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Subject: sources or correspondence or diaries or letters