ROYAL NAVY VERSUS THE SLAVE TRADERS: Enforcing Abolition at Sea 1808-1898
Book Details
Author(s)
Bernard Edwards
Publisher
Pen and Sword
ISBN / ASIN
1844156338
ISBN-13
9781844156337
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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 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.
