European governments opened a conference to regulate their territorial and commercial competition in Africa. No African state or community was represented as an equal participant. The conference’s language about suppressing slavery and promoting commerce served imperial expansion, and its proceedings helped formalize colonial claims across Africa.
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What did the Berlin Conference’s antislavery language accompany?
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Anti-slavery rhetoric was used within a colonial project that denied African sovereignty.
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