Table of Contents

Preface; Maps; Abbreviations; 1. First steps towards abolition, 1807–1822; 2. Independence and abolition, 1822–1826; 3. Brazil and the slave trade, 1827–1839; 4. Treaty negotiations, 1830–1839; 5. The British navy and the mixed commissions, 1830–1839; 6. The extension of Britain's powers, 1839; 7. Britain and the slave trade, 1839–1845; 8. Slave trade, slavery and sugar duties, 1839–1844; 9. Lord Aberdeen's Act of 1845; 10. The Aftermath of the Aberdeen Act; 11. Changing attitudes and plans of action, 1845–1850; 12. Crisis and final abolition, 1850–1851; 13. The aftermath of abolition; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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He covers a major aspect of the history of the international abolition of the slave trade.