British naval suppression of the slave trade: the West Africa Squadron (1807–1867)

1. Vice-Admiralty Court set up at Freetown

   Jan 1, 1807Labels: Vice Admiralty, Freetown, Sierra Leone

   • Journal Afr Hist
   • Mixed Courts

2. Parliament passes the Slave Trade Act

   Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British Parliament

   • UK Parliament
   • Slave Trade Act

3. Royal Navy begins the West Africa Squadron patrols

   Jan 1, 1808Labels: West Africa, Royal Navy

   • West Africa Sq
   • Blockade Africa

4. Anglo-Portuguese treaty expands enforcement against Portuguese slavers

   Feb 19, 1810Labels: Anglo Portuguese, Portugal

   • Strangford Treaty
   • West Africa Sq

5. Treaty of Ghent includes anti–slave trade pledge

   Dec 24, 1814Labels: Treaty of, United States

   • US Archives
   • Britannica

6. Mixed Commission Courts begin operating at Sierra Leone

   Jun 1, 1819Labels: Mixed Commission, Freetown

   • Liberated Africans
   • Mixed Courts

7. HMS Black Joke captures El Almirante

   Feb 1, 1829Labels: HMS Black, El Almirante

   • Black Joke
   • Natl Archives

8. Britain abolishes slavery in most of its empire

   Aug 28, 1833Labels: Slavery Abolition, British Empire

   • Britannica
   • UK Parliament

9. Multilateral anti–slave trade treaty signed in London

   Dec 20, 1841Labels: 1841 Suppression, London

   • 1841 Treaty
   • Hansard

10. Webster–Ashburton Treaty supports joint anti-slave trade patrols

    Aug 9, 1842Labels: Webster Ashburton, United States

    • Webster Ashburton
    • 1841 Treaty

11. Parliament strengthens enforcement with the Slave Trade Act 1843

    Aug 24, 1843Labels: Slave Trade, British Parliament

    • UK Legislation
    • Slave Trade Act

12. Aberdeen Act authorizes seizures of Brazilian slave ships

    Aug 9, 1845Labels: Aberdeen Act, Brazil

    • Aberdeen Act
    • Hansard

13. Brazil criminalizes the transatlantic slave trade (Eusébio de Queirós Law)

    Sep 4, 1850Labels: Eus bio, Brazil

    • Britannica
    • Eus bio Law

14. West Africa Squadron is dissolved after decades of patrols

    Jan 1, 1867Labels: West Africa, Dissolution

    • West Africa Sq
    • Blockade Africa