Opposing the slavers the Royal Navys campaign against the Atlantic slave trade First Edition by Peter Grindal 9780857725950 0857725955

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• ISBN 10: 0857725955
• ISBN 13: 9780857725950
• Author: Peter Grindal 

Much is known about Britain’s role in the Atlantic slave trade during the eighteenth century but few are aware of the sustained campaign against slaving conducted by the Royal Navy after the passing of the Slave Trade Abolition Act of 1807. Peter Grindal provides the definitive account of this little known yet important part of the British, European and American history. Drawing on original sources to provide a comprehensive and engaging narrative of the naval operations against slavers of all nations – in particular Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and Brazil, he describes how illegal traders sought to evade treaty obligations, reveals the obduracy of the USA that prolonged the slave trade, and shows how, despite inadequate resources, the Royal navy’s sixty-year campaign forced slavers to expend ever greater sums top conduct their business and confront the losses inflicted by capture and condemnation. A work that will transform our understanding of the Royal Navy’s campaign against the Atlantic slave trade.

Table contents:

Part One · The Trade
Chapter 1 · Three Centuries of Transatlantic Slaving
Chapter 2 · The Realities of the Trade
Chapter 3 · The Slave Coasts and Seas
Part Two · The Suppression Campaign
Chapter 4 · Confused First Steps, 1807–11
Chapter 5 · The Tip of the Iceberg, 1811–15
Chapter 6 · Into a Legal Minefield, 1815–20
Chapter 7 · The Most Evident Falsehoods, 1820–4
Chapter 8 · A Lonely Furrow: Eastern Seas, 1824–8
Chapter 9 · Tenders and Tablecloths: Eastern Seas, 1828–31
Chapter 10 · Gallant Pinpricks: Western Seas, 1824–31
Chapter 11 · To the Cape Station: Eastern Seas, 1831–5
Chapter 12 · An Uncertain Sound: Western Seas, 1831–5
Chapter 13 · The Spanish Equipment Clause: Eastern Seas, 1835–8
Chapter 14 · Obduracy and Obfuscation: Western Seas, 1835–8
Chapter 15 · High-Handed Action: Eastern Seas, 1838–9
Chapter 16 · Forbearance Exhausted: Western Seas, 1838–9
Part Three · Conclusion

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