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Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898 Bernard Edwards
Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898
Bernard Edwards
On 16 March, 1807, the British Parliament passed 'The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act'. This book tells how, 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.
224 pages, 8pp B&W Photos
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 24, 2008 |
| Original release date | 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9781844156337 |
| Publishers | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 162 × 241 × 74 mm · 489 g |
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