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Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898

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UPC:
9781844156337
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
2008-03-24
Author:
Bernard Edwards
Language:
english
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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.