Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade

by John Broich

Despite the British being early abolitionists, a significant slave trade remained down the east coast of Africa through the mid-1800s, even after the Civil War ended it in the United States. What further undermined the British Empire was that many of the vessels involved in the trade were themselves British ships.The Royal Navy's response was to dispatch a squadron to patrol Africa's coast. Following what began as a simple policing action, this is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468313983
• ISBN13: 9781468313987
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.2"