Predator of the Seas, Stephen Taylor

Predator of the Seas, Stephen TaylorNew Hardback Predator of the Seas: A History of the Slaveship that Fought for Emancipation The dramatic biography of a slaveship turned freedom fighterwhich brings new insights into Britains involvement in the end of the trade in enslaved people In 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltimore clipper and renamed her the Black Joke. Assigned to the Preventative Squadron, she patrolled the west coast of Africa and freed 3,692 captives from enslavement.

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