The Black Joke : the true story of one ship's battle against the slave trade / A. E. Rooks.

The most feared ship in Britain's West Africa Squadron, His Majesty's brig Black Joke was one of a handful of ships tasked with patrolling the western coast of Africa in an effort to end hundreds of years of global slave trading. Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon in France, yet before t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rooks, A. E. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, 2022.
Edition:	First Scribner hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Black Joke (Clipper Ship : 1824-1832) Great Britain. > Royal Navy. > African Squadron. Antislavery movements > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Slave trade > Africa > History > 19th century. Great Britain > History, Naval > 19th century. Esclaves > Commerce > Afrique > Histoire > 19e siècle. Grande-Bretagne > Histoire navale > 19e siècle. HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy. HISTORY / Africa / West. HISTORY / Military / Naval. Slave trade. Africa. Great Britain. 1800-1899 History. Naval history.
Genre:	History. Naval history.
Physical Description:	x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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