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My aunt has a preserved letter from an ancestor that makes a reference to fishing for the souls of men in Africa. The period the letter is from was IIRC the height of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade so the question is, is this a Christian metaphor for converting the natives or a euphemism for dragging them around the world to slave in the New World (see, by enslaving them you could expose them to Xtianity and so save their souls). The writer assumed the reader would know what he meant so there are no footnotes or clarifications.

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