Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898 - Bernard Edwards - Books - Pen & Sword Books Ltd - 9781844156337 - March 24, 2008
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Royal Navy Versus the Slave Traders: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898


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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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