Donald L. Canney
Teoksen Africa Squadron: The U.S. Navy and the Slave Trade, 1842-1861 tekijä
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Although the focus is after 1842, he gives a good, if somewhat brief, discussion of the developments leading to the treaty. It focused on the conflict between the American and British governments over the right of British ships to search American ships. He says that public pressure caused the U.S. to conced something to the British to help suppress the slave trade, although he does not go into great detail.
This is the only booklength discussion I have seen of U.S. efforts at suppression. It is very well done, although its focus on commanders correspondence and journals puts more emphasis on the African side with some gaps in American and British politics. It gives some coverage to that, but is not nearly comprehensive on those issues.… (lisätietoja)