Slavery, Diplomacy and Empire: Britain and the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 1807-1975

Throughout the 19th century, British governments engaged in a global campaign against the slave trade. Through coercion and diplomacy, they sought to suppress the trade on the high seas, as well as in Africa and Asia. But, despite the Royal Navy's success in eradicating the transatlantic commerce in captive Africans, the forced migration of labor and other forms of human trafficking persisted. Now available in paperback, this collection of essays by international historians examines the role pla…