West Africa Squadron
1808–1867 · Event
The Royal Navy spends sixty years hunting slave ships off Africa, freeing some 150,000 people — enforcement that turned Britain's paper ban into a real one.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, British Empire, England, United Kingdom (combined)
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