negotiated the abolition of the slave trade with the sultan of zanzibar. this is in some ways ironic that the british came in to abolish slavery and slave trade but by doing it it really forced people to say if we tried to export slaves we would use the slaves within to produce things that we can export. spurred on by these grand moral principles a number of europeans went off in search of adventure ready to invest in the raw materials that their continent needed the missionary dr david livingstone became the figurehead for abolitionist explorers the people who supported these missions businesspeople people with money so they probably had some idea of why they re interested it s not just interested in finding talk. of africa but when it comes to missionaries living standard was actually quite clear here in your what the capitalists what interested me. organization he told them that this is philanthropy plus 5 percent that there is an interest for you as a businessman and he s
britain resolved to abolish the transatlantic slave trade. the thing that i think also needs to be said is that this was not simple altruism on the part of great britain. in other words, it wasn t simply the humanitarianism of the abolition movement. it s the britain did not warn other imperial rivals to have the benefit of slave labor when in fact they didn t in $815.00 armed with its naval supreme, britain imposed the cessation of the slave trade on its commercial rivals. as abolition took effect among the leading european slave powers, the decision gradually shut down the northern atlantica slave trade routes. but it also set off fresh deportations too and within countries where slave ownership was still prevalent. by grouping together, the captives born on its soil, the united states was also about to enter a new era of slavery. a fairly small percentage of the people brought over to the americas in the slave trade. actually came to north america, probably 345 percent. an
charity touristy spots in in across spain this square normally busy with tourists and locals have now 30 percent of the terraces and restaurants close in march at 13 and all the uncertainty uncertainty of not knowing where they will be reopening again these will be permanent also there will be travel restrictions in all these areas affected by these partial lockdown people will be able to enter or to leave all these areas and for these the national government has deployed 700 police officers that will be monitoring and controlling all these moves the feeling right now is quite disappointing cow people are not haven t got really clear what they are allowed to do or not because the general government despite the rejecting the order from the health ministry but implementing aid they have appealed in court this decision so they can get some time they gain some time and delay the implementation of these restrictions which means that people have to be able to be fined by police off
firsthand. we re getting great reports from the doctors this is an incredible hospital well to read the work they do is just absolutely amazing and i want to thank of all the nurses that doctors everybody here i ve also got to meet some of the soldiers and the 1st responders and what a group i also think we re going to pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have out on the street and they ve been out there for a long time and they got from flames and they love our country so i m not telling anybody but you but i m about to make a little surprise visit so perhaps i ll get there before you get to see me a but i just when i look at the enthusiasm and we have enthusiasm like probably nobody s ever had are people that love the job we re doing we have more enthusiasm then maybe anybody so it s been a very interesting journey i learned a lot about cove it i learned it by really going to school this is the real school this is in the let s read the book school and
but on the phone with chief of staff mark meadows talking about emergency declaration for states as well as stimulus so he s hard at work despite the mild symptoms. well alan fischer joins us live now from the white house any further reaction from the. well of course the white house is saying that the president is finally suffering minor symptoms there is some concern of course because in the past the white house hasn t been fairly open about the president s health you remember some time ago he took a trip on a saturday to walter reed hospital we were told that that was the 1st part of his annual medical and he would take in the 2nd part very soon that didn t happen as so there is some concern somewhat the that the white house isn t being fairly transparent about this but we do know that they say that the president is walking from the residence that you see behind me he is self isolating there along with the 1st lady and they are he s continuing to work and he s in contact ma