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ROYAL NAVY VERSUS THE SLAVE TRADERS: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898
ROYAL NAVY VERSUS THE SLAVE TRADERS Enforcing Abolition at Sea 18081898
Author: Bernard Edwards
On March 16, 1807, the British Parliament passed The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. In the following year the Royal Navy's 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.
ISBN-13: 9781844156337
ISBN-10: 1844156338
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Pen and Sword
Book Type: Hardcover
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