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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grindal, Peter, 1943- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Royal Navy--History.

Great Britain.

Antislavery movements--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

Slavery--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (920 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.

Place of Publication:

London, England : I.B. Tauris, 2019.

Summary:

"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."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Prologue: The Beginning of a Great Matter

List of Illustrations

List of Maps

PART ONE: THE TRADE. 1 Three Centuries of Translatlantic Slaving ; 2 The Realities of the Trade ; 3 The Slave Coasts and Seas

PART TWO: THE SUPPRESSION CAMPAIGN. 4 Confused First Steps 1807-1811 ; 5 The Tip of the Iceberg 1811-15 ; 6 A Legal Minefield ; 7 Most Evident Falsehoods, 1820-4 ; 8 A Lonely Furrow - Eastern Seas, 1824-8 ; 9 Tenders and Tablecloths - Eastern Seas, 1828-31 ; 10 Gallant Pin-pricks - Western Seas, 1824-31 ; 11 To the Cape Station - Eastern Seas, 1831-5 ; 12 Uncertain Sound - Western Seas, 1831-5 ; 13 The Spanish Equipment Clause - Eastern Seas, 1835-8 ; 14 Obduracy and Obfuscation - Western Seas, 1835-8 ; 15 High-handed Action - Eastern Seas, 1838-9 ; 16 Forbearance Exhausted - Western Seas, 1838-9

PART THREE: CONCLUSION. Summary: Taking Stock ; Epilogue: Until it be Thoroughly Finished

Appendices

Glossary

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 823-833) and indexes.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350987432

1350987433

9780857725950

0857725955

9780857739384

0857739387

OCLC:

1128172704