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Author:   Peter Grindal
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Weight:   1.229kg
ISBN:  

9781788312868

ISBN 10:   1788312864
Pages:   896
Publication Date:   25 April 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Prologue: The Beginning of a Great Matter List of Illustrations List of Maps PART ONE: THE TRADE 1 Three Centuries of Translatlantic Slaving 2 The Realities of the Trade 3 The Slave Coasts and Seas PART TWO: THE SUPPRESSION CAMPAIGN 4 Confused First Steps 1807-1811 5 The Tip of the Iceberg 1811-15 6 A Legal Minefield 7 Most Evident Falsehoods, 1820-4 8 A Lonely Furrow - Eastern Seas, 1824-8 9 Tenders and Tablecloths - Eastern Seas, 1828-31 10 Gallant Pin-pricks - Western Seas, 1824-31 11 To the Cape Station - Eastern Seas, 1831-5 12 Uncertain Sound - Western Seas, 1831-5 13 The Spanish Equipment Clause - Eastern Seas, 1835-8 14 Obduracy and Obfuscation - Western Seas, 1835-8 15 High-handed Action - Eastern Seas, 1838-9 16 Forbearance Exhausted - Western Seas, 1838-9 PART THREE: CONCLUSION Summary: Taking Stock Epilogue: Until it be Thoroughly Finished Appendices Glossary Endnotes Bibliography Index

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'Comprehensively overhauls existing understanding of the Royal Navy's campaign against the Atlantic slave trade' - Professor Andrew Lambert, King's College, London, `This is going to be the go-to reference work for anyone seeking information on the Royal Navy's anti-slaving patrols' - Professor Rafe Blaufarb, Florida State University, `Such is its quality that it cannot fail to add immeasurably to our understanding of both the history of the 19th century Royal navy and the wider history of the slave trade. Opposing the Slavers is a fine example of meticulous academic research and writing, ... a magnificent achievement which thoroughly illuminates a previously misunderstood or even partially forgotten part of the history of Great Britain and the Royal Navy. There is no doubt it should be on the shelves of any serious student of naval history or the history of the transatlantic slave trade...a genuine work of scholarship' - Nick Hewitt, Military History Review, `A work of immense scholarship ... I have to read a lot of books, rarely do I encounter books that have excellence running through them quite like this ... Peter Grindal's book is a masterpiece.' - Steven Haines, Naval Review

Author Information

Peter Grindal enjoyed a successful career with the Royal Navy before retiring in 1992. He held positions at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and the Royal Naval College Greenwih and during his early career took part in suppressing the 1962-3 Brunei rebellion in Borneo. His experience includes minesweepers, fast patrol boats, frigates, amphibious assault ships and guided-missile destroyers in the Atlantic, Middle East, Far East and home waters. He was Training Offcier to Sub-Lieutenant The Prince of Wales, commanded the Royal Navy Task Group protecting shipping in the Arabian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war and was Assistant Director Naval Warfare on the Naval Staff. His final role was Commander of the United Kingdom and Netherlands Amphibious Task Group for NATO. He was awarded the CBE in 1982.

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