Keywords

• This research focuses on the affairs of the Italian Anti-Slavery Society during the years of its activity. It was founded in 1888 with the purpose of freeing Africans from harsh conditions of slavery
• and it remained in continuous operation for about fifty years
• until 1937. The Anti-Slavery campaign was launched in Europe by the Cardinal Lavigerie. In accordance with its philanthropic and humanitarian nature
• in all the States it brought political awareness of the colonial expansion to sectors of public opinion that would otherwise have been ideologically hostile. In the particular case of Italy
• the Anti-Slavery Society brought the Italian State and the Catholic Church together
• contributing to their rapprochement on the colonial issue