Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement
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The Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement was the British naval campaign tasked with patrolling the West African coast to intercept and suppress the transatlantic slave trade in the 19th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-slavery operation
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maritime law enforcement activity → naval campaign → |
| appliesTo |
transatlantic slave trade
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| commandStructure |
Admiralty
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| endTime |
late 19th century
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| hasBaseOfOperations |
Ascension Island
→
Cape Verde area anchorages → Freetown → Sierra Leone → |
| hasConsequence |
development of British consular network in West Africa
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growth of Sierra Leone as a base for liberated Africans → increased British naval presence off West Africa → |
| hasParticipant |
African intermediaries and informants
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British consular officials on the West African coast → Royal Navy officers → Royal Navy sailors → mixed commission courts → |
| hasPurpose |
disruption of slave trading networks on the West African coast
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enforcement of British anti-slavery laws → interception of slave ships → suppression of the transatlantic slave trade → |
| historicalPeriod |
19th century
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post-Napoleonic era → |
| legalBasis |
Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807
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international maritime agreements on slave trade suppression → various bilateral anti-slave-trade treaties → |
| operatedBy |
Royal Navy
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| operatedIn |
Atlantic Ocean
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Gulf of Guinea → West African coast → |
| opposedBy |
American slave traders
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European slave traders → local African rulers involved in slave trading → |
| partOf |
Royal Navy West Africa Squadron
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| relatedTo |
British abolition of the slave trade
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Royal Navy West Africa Station → international suppression of the slave trade → |
| resultedIn |
capture of numerous slave ships
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deterrence of some slave-trading activity → liberation of tens of thousands of enslaved Africans → |
| startTime |
1808
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| supportedBy |
British abolitionist movement
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British government → |
| usesMethod |
boarding and searching vessels
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escort of captured ships to prize courts → intelligence gathering on slave traders → naval blockade → patrol of shipping lanes → seizure of suspected slave ships → |
Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement
("Royal Navy West Africa Station")
→
Slave Trade Act 1843 ("Royal Navy West Africa Squadron") → The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy ("British naval West Africa Squadron") → |
relatedTo |
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Slave Trade Act 1807
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inspired |
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Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement
("Royal Navy West Africa Squadron")
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partOf |