The Abolition of The Slave Trade

The Uncle Tom's cabin almanack, or, Abolitionist memento. For 1853. (published [1852]), London : J. Cassell, [1852]

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division

ID# 413881

Barracoon and Slaver

By 1857 Great Britain had signed 45 treaties with African powers to put a stop to the slave trade, but it was not until the 1860s that they covered all the major embarkation points of the Atlantic slave trade. The Royal Navy also intervened on the high sea to capture the slave ships.