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Collection of documents related to stopping the African slave trade [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05832 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1857 Pagination: 5 items Order a Copy

Five documents regarding efforts of British and American Naval ships off the African coast and around the mouth of the Congo River to end the illegal African slave trade.

William McBlair was a United States naval officer in command of the ship "Dale," responsible for catching illegal slave trading ships off the coast of Africa. Later served in the Confederate Navy.

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