Africa Squadron: The U.S. Navy and the Slave Trade, 1842-1861

by Donald Canney

Presents the history of the US Navy's Africa Squadron. Established in 1842 to enforce the ban on importing slaves to the United States, in twenty years' time the squadron proved ineffective. This book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574886061
• ISBN13: 9781574886061
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"