The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade : British policies, practices and representations of naval coercion
Huzzey, RichardContributor
Burroughs, Robert M.Contributor
The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade saw the British Empire turn naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects, and legacies of this 19th-century campaign.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The suppression of the Atlantic slave trade saw the British Empire turn naval power and moral outrage against a branch of commerce it had done so much to promote. The assembled authors bridge the gap between ship and shore to reveal the motives, effects, and legacies of this 19th-century campaign.
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Antislavery movements
Slave trade
Slave trade
Communities - Social Classes
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences