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Despite the British being early abolitionists, a significant slave trade remained down the east coast of Africa through the mid-1800s. 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 the story of the four Royal Naval officers who witnessed how rampant the slave trade remained and made it their personal mission to end it. When the disruption of the trade ships started to step on the toes of the wealthy merchant class, the campaign was cancelled. However, in the end a coalition of naval officers and abolitionists forced the British government’s hand into eradicating the slave trade entirely.Squadron grew from historian John Broich’s passion to hunt down first-hand accounts of this untold story. Through research from archives throughout the UK, Broich tells a tale of defiance in the face of political corruption, while delivering thrills in the tradition of high-seas heroism. If it weren’t a true story, Squadron would be right at home alongside Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series.

About the Author :
JOHN BROICH is a historian who specialises in the British Empire and the award-winning author of London: Water and the Making of the Modern City. He graduated from Stanford and Oxford and has written on race issues in the Empire, the Royal Navy and the Second World War for publications including Time, Guardian, The Conversation and History News.

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`Brilliant... captivating, insightful and concise... serves as a reminder that out there are true stories that have been swept aside and deserve to be told’ A thoroughly researched and vividly chronicled description of life in Queen Victoria's navy' `Seriously thought provoking [and] deeply interesting… one of those wonderful history books that uses a series of incidents to open a window on period, places and – most importantly – people’


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780715653463
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Duckworth Overlook
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 288
  • Width: 129 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0715653466
  • Publisher Date: 04 Oct 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Ending the African Slave Trade


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