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Proof: What is the Register of British Slave Traders and who does it identify?

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026d1b0f24324d2b0a448ea9db12eacb0f69edbf703b813b21213d00c189ddd5

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-026d1b0f2432.json prints 026d1b0f24324d2b0a448ea9db12eacb0f69edbf703b813b21213d00c189ddd5. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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