Blockade of Africa

Blockade of Africa

conflict

Part of	slavery in Africa
Ein location	Africa
Point for tym insyd	1808
Tym dem start	1808
End tym	1870

Na de Blockade of Africa begin insyd 1808 after de United Kingdom outlaw de Atlantic slave trade, wey dey make am illegal for British ships to transport slaves. Na de Royal Navy immediately establish a presence off Africa to enforce de ban, dem call de West Africa Squadron. Although na de ban initially apply to British ships per, na Britain negotiate treaties plus oda countries to give de Royal Navy de right to intercept den search dema ships for slaves.

Na de 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves abolish de intercontinental slave trade insyd de United States buh na e no widely be enforced. From 1819, na dem make sam effort by de United States Navy make dem prevent de slave trade. Na dis mostly consist of patrols of de shores of de Americas den insyd de mid-Atlantic, na de latter be largely unsuccessful secof de difficulty of intercepting ships mid-ocean. As part of de Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842, na dem gree say na both countries go work togeda on de abolition of de slave trade, wich na dem deem piracy, den to continue de blockade of Africa. Na US Navy involvement continue til de beginning of de American Civil War, insyd 1861. De year wey dey follow, na de Lincoln administration give de UK full authority make dem intercept US ships. lNa dem no abolish slavery insyd de United States til 1865, wen na Congress ratify de 13th Amendment. Na de Royal Navy squadron remain in operation til 1870.

External links

• Chasing Freedom: The Royal Navy and the Suppression of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2000)

• USS Somers at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 8 June 2011)
• USS Alligator at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 March 2004)
• USS Constitution at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 March 2004)
• USS Chesapeake at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 March 2004)
• USS Saratoga at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 April 2004)
• USS Niagara at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 March 2004)
• USS Dolphin at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 March 2004)