Africa Squadron : the U.S. Navy and the slave trade, 1842-1861
Donald L. Canney (Author)
Donald L. Canney's study is the first book-length history of the U.S. Navy's Africa Squadron. Established in 1842 to enforce the ban on importing slaves to the United States, in twenty years' time the squadron proved ineffective. To officers and enlisted men alike, duty in the squadron was unpopular. The equatorial climate, departmental neglect, and judicial indifference, which allowed slavers back at sea, all contributed to the sailors' frustration. Later, the most damaging allegation was that the squadron had failed at its mission. Canney investigates how this unit earned a poor reputation a
eBook, English, 2006
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Potomac Books, Inc., Washington, District of Columbia, 2006
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1 online resource (292 pages)
9781597974646, 1597974641
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Slave trade outlawed, 1808-1821
Sporadic suppression : U.S. Navy anti-slave trade activities, 1822-1841
The scene is set : Webster-Ashburton and the U.S. Navy, 1840-1842
Capt. Matthew C. Perry and the first Africa Squadron, 1843-1845
Commodore Skinner, the fever, and the notorious pons, 1845-1846
Flag Officer Read : the federal courts take a hand, 1846-1847
Bolton and Cooper and the nadir of the squadron, 1847-1849
The Brazil Squadron and the slave trade, 1845-1849
Commodore Gregory and Lieutenant Foote revive the squadron
Captain Lavallette : a lull in the trade, 1851-1853
Commodore Mayo and the Constitution's last capture, 1853-1855
Flag Officer Crabbe : cruising to no reward, 1855-1857
Commodore Conover and Commander McBlair, 1857-1859
Flag Officer Inman and the great sea change, 1859-1861
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