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The article examines the debates on slavery within the Roman Holy Office and among Capuchin missionaries during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, highlighting a shift towards critiques of the Atlantic slave trade. While the Church initially supported slavery, some Capuchin missionaries began to autonomously oppose it, leading to significant internal conflict and a gradual evolution in Catholic attitudes towards slavery. The actions and arguments of these missionaries would later influence abolitioni
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