Sweet water and bitter : the ships that stopped the slave trade
Rees, Sian2010
Books, Manuscripts
This is a vivid, action-packed and moving story of the Royal Naval squadron that patrolled the West African coast to stop the slave ships, after Britain passed the Abolition Act.
Main title:
Sweet water and bitter : the ships that stopped the slave trade / by Sian Rees.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2010.
Collation:
340 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2009.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781845951177 (pbk)1845951174 (pbk)
Dewey class:
326.8'0941326.8
Language:
English
Subject:
Great Britain. Royal Navy. African SquadronSlavery -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th centurySlave trade -- Africa, West -- History -- 19th centurySlaves -- Emancipation -- History -- 19th centuryFreedmen -- Social conditions -- 19th century19th centuryGreat Britain -- History, NavalPolitics and government
BRN:
698412
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