The Black Joke: The True Story of One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade History_Gift_Guide One misstep

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The Black Joke: The True Story of One Ship's Battle Against the Slave Trade History_Gift_Guide One misstepA groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navys anti slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade. The most feared ship in Britains West Africa Squadron, His Majestys brig Black Joke was one of a handful of ships tasked with patrolling the western coast of Africa in an effort to end hundreds of years of global slave trading. Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon in