| ID: | 19721 |
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| Entry Text: | Rees, Sian. Sweet Water and Bitter: The Ships that Stopped the Slave Trade. London: Chatto & Windus, 2009, xii, 340 pp. RN Preventive Squadron, 1807-1869; 160,000 slaves freed, 17,000 RN seamen died; actual operations, series of setbacks & stumbling blocks; wide-ranging survey after bicentennial. |