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. It analyses Captain's logs and despatches, and their evidence at trials of the men they captured, as well as looking at the messages from British ambassadors and consuls around the world.
Autorentext
W.E.F. Ward
Klappentext
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. It analyses Captain's logs and despatches, and their evidence at trials of the men they captured, as well as looking at the messages from British ambassadors and consuls around the world.
Inhalt
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