Correspondence With the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, New York, and Loanda, and Reports From British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and From British Naval Officers, Relating to the Slave Trade, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1862

Correspondence With the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, New York, and Loanda, and Reports From British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and From British Naval Officers, Relating to the Slave Trade, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1862
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Legare Street Press
Published
18 July 2023
Pages
212
ISBN
9781022697812

Correspondence With the British Commissioners at Sierra Leone, Havana, the Cape of Good Hope, New York, and Loanda, and Reports From British Vice-Admiralty Courts, and From British Naval Officers, Relating to the Slave Trade, From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 1862

This collection of primary sources provides a unique and important look into the British government's efforts to suppress the slave trade in the mid-19th century. The letters and reports contained within it offer a sobering glimpse into the brutality of the slave trade and the lengths to which people will go to profit from it. This meticulously edited and annotated volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of the history of slavery and abolition.

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