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Author Grindal, Peter, 1943- author.

Title Opposing the slavers : the Royal Navy's campaign against the Atlantic slave trade / Peter Grindal.

Publication Info. London : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xxxii, 863 pages) : illustrations, maps
text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 823-833) and indexes.
Contents PrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologue: The Beginning of a Great MatterList of IllustrationsList of MapsPART ONE: THE TRADE 1Three Centuries of Translatlantic Slaving2 The Realities of the Trade3 The Slave Coasts and SeasPART TWO: THE SUPPRESSION CAMPAIGN4 Confused First Steps 1807-18115 The Tip of the Iceberg 1811-156 A Legal Minefield7 Most Evident Falsehoods, 1820-48 A Lonely Furrow -- Eastern Seas, 1824-89 Tenders and Tablecloths -- Eastern Seas, 1828-3110 Gallant Pin-pricks -- Western Seas, 1824-3111 To the Cape Station -- Eastern Seas, 1831-512 Uncertain Sound -- Western Seas, 1831-513 The Spanish Equipment Clause -- Eastern Seas, 1835-814 Obduracy and Obfuscation -- Western Seas, 1835-815 High-handed Action -- Eastern Seas, 1838-916 Forbearance Exhausted -- Western Seas, 1838-9PART THREE: CONCLUSIONSummary: Taking StockEpilogue: Until it be Thoroughly FinishedAppendicesGlossaryEndnotesBibliographyIndex.
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Subject Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
History.
Slavery -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Antislavery movements -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Antislavery movements.
Great Britain.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
Naval history.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Naval history.
Other Form: Print version: 9780857725950
ISBN 0857725955 (electronic book)
9780857725950 (electronic book)
1784533874
9780857739384 (electronic book)
0857739387 (electronic book)
9781784533878