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
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 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
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Francisco Félix de Souza
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Francisco Félix de Souza was a Brazilian slave trader who was deeply influential in the regional politics of pre-colonial West Africa. He founded Afro-Brazilian communities in areas that are now part
Blockade of Africa
…1841–1861) Slave traders Commanders and leaders Charles William Maxwell Sir George Collier Commodore Charles Bullen Sir Robert Hagan Matthew C. Perry Francisco Félix de Souza 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…
Francisco Félix de Souza