West Africa Squadron

I have been holding onto to this story for almost a year now.

I wanted to write my own

Historical Fiction

on the subject but I could never come up with a good idea.

The events I am talking about is the

Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron.

"The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron at substantial expense in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807. Abolishing the Slave Trade. The squadron's task was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. With a home base at Portsmouth, it began with two small ships, the 32-gun fifth-rate frigate HMS Solebay and the Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Derwent. At the height of its operations, the squadron employed a sixth of the Royal Navy fleet and marines. In 1819 the Royal Navy established a West Coast of Africa Station and the West Africa Squadron became known as the Preventative Squadron it remained an independent command until 1856 and then again 1866 to 1867. Between 1808 and 1860 the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans."
- Wikipedia -

In an indirect way,

the formation of the

West Africa Squadron,

had an influence on the

United States

and the coming of our

Civil War.

The United States Navy assisted the West Africa Squadron, starting in 1820 with HMS Cyane, which the US had captured from the Royal Navy in 1815. Initially the US contribution consisted of a few ships, but eventually the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 formalized the US contribution into the Africa Squadron.
- Wikiwand -

With the

Royal Navy

and the

U.S. Navy

blockading

the

Slave Trade

I am sure the

Confederate South

were pretty angry with the

Northern States

for participating in stopping an influx what they considered a commodity.

 

This is,

I Like History

And I Hope I Don't Bore You With It,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
- Abraham Lincoln -

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