Sweet Water and Bitter. The Ships that Stopped the Slave Trade

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: VINTAGE
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2009
Edition: First Edition

Description: 340 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: In 1807, the British Parliament abolished slavery throughout the Empire. The trade in human misery did not stop, however, as other countries - and illegal slavers - continued to abduct people from the coasts of West Africa. Combining meticulous research with narrative verve, this compelling book tells the story of how, in six decades of dramatic and daring action on the high seas, the Royal Navys Preventative Squadron liberated 150,000 Africans at the cost of 17,000 of its own men.

ISBN: 9781845951177