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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1162454797 Title: Africa Squadron : the U.S. Navy and the slave trade, 1842-1861 Author: Donald L Canney Publisher: Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, Inc., [2006] ©2006 ISBN/ISSN: 1597974641 9781597974646 OCLC:1162454797

  
  

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Africa Squadron : the U.S. Navy and the slave trade, 1842-1861

Author:	Donald L Canney
Publisher:	Washington, District of Columbia : Potomac Books, Inc., [2006] ©2006
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : Biography : English : First editionView all editions and formats
Summary:	Donald L. Canney's study is the first book-length history of the U.S. Navy's Africa Squadron. Established in 1842 to enforce the ban on importing slaves to the United States, in twenty years' time the squadron proved ineffective. To officers and enlisted men alike, duty in the squadron was unpopular. The equatorial climate, departmental neglect, and judicial indifference, which allowed slavers back at sea, all contributed to the sailors' frustration. Later, the most damaging allegation was that the squadron had failed at its mission. Canney investigates how this unit earned a poor reputation a.  Read more...
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Subjects	United States. -- Navy. -- African Squadron. United States. -- Navy. -- African Squadron -- Biography. Slave trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century. View all subjects
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