Royal Navy and the Slavers - The Suppression of the Atlantic Slave Trade

The Royal Navy and the Slavers, first published in 1969, examines not only the Royal Navy's 60-year campaign to eradicate slavery, but also the British Government's diplomatic pressure on other countries to discontinue the slave trade.

List of contents

1. Prologue in Parliament 2. The Men and the Ships 3. Opening the Campaign 4. Foreign Governments and Foreign Lawyers 5. Fighting Against Odds 6. The Equipment Clause 7. The Stars and Stripes 8. Triumph, Disappointment, Revival 9. The West Coast in the Fifties 10. The Close of the Campaign

About the author

W.E.F. Ward

Summary

The Royal Navy and the Slavers, first published in 1969, examines not only the Royal Navy’s 60-year campaign to eradicate slavery, but also the British Government’s diplomatic pressure on other countries to discontinue the slave trade.

Product details

• Authors: W.e.f. Ward
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781032313498
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231349-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Slavery
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Popular Culture, European History, HISTORY / General, military history, Social & cultural history, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Colonialism & imperialism, Economic history, Southern Africa, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, African History, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery