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African Slave Trade Patrol
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The United States' African Slave Trade Patrol was part of the Blockade of Africa suppressing the Atlantic slave trade between 1819 and the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861. Due to the aboli
USS Perry confronting the slaver Martha off Ambiz in 1850
USS Perry confronting the slaver Martha off Ambiz in 1850
Nightingale, illustrated in 1913
Nightingale, illustrated in 1913
USS Constellation docked in Baltimore Harbor. Constellation captured three slave ships during her operations in Africa.
USS Constellation docked in Baltimore Harbor. Constellation captured three slave ships during her operations in Africa.
Slavery
Slavery
Blockade of Africa
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The Blockade of Africa began in 1808 after the United Kingdom outlawed the Atlantic slave trade, making it illegal for British ships to transport slaves. The Royal Navy immediately established a prese
African Slave Trade Patrol
…The United States' African Slave Trade Patrol was part of the Blockade of Africa suppressing the Atlantic slave trade between 1819 and the beginning of the American Civil War in 1861. Due to the abolitionist movement in the United…
HMS Brisk capturing the Spanish slave ship Emanuela.
HMS Brisk capturing the Spanish slave ship Emanuela.
"The Abolition of the Slave Trade or the inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in Captn. Kimber's treatment of a young Negro girl of 15 for
"The Abolition of the Slave Trade or the inhumanity of dealers in human flesh exemplified in Captn. Kimber's treatment of a young Negro girl of 15 for her virjen (sic) modesty." by Isaac Cruikshank, 1792. Shows an incident of an enslaved African girl whipped to death for refusing to dance naked on the deck of the slave ship Recovery; John Kimber, its captain, was tried for murder but acquitted, and denounced before the House of Commons by William Wilberforce over the alleged incident.
HMS Black Joke and the prizes she captured during the blockade
HMS Black Joke and the prizes she captured during the blockade