Bernard Edwards: 15 books
Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders
Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2008
On March 16, 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. In the following year the Royal Navys African Squadron was formed, its mission to stop and search ships at sea suspected of carrying slaves from Africa to the Americas and the Middle East.
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