Valor in Vain: Commodore Sir George R. Collier and the Suppression of the African Slave Trade
In 1818 the West Africa Squadron was established as a permanent station of the British Royal Navy. Its first commander was Commodore Sir George R. Collier, a skilled veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812. Collier and the West Africa Squadron were tasked with ending the illegal transatlantic...
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| Online Access: | http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-8795 |