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- Africa_Squadron abstract "The Africa Squadron was a unit of the United States Navy that operated from 1819 to 1861 to suppress the slave trade along the coast of West Africa. However, the term was often ascribed generally to anti-slavery operations during the period leading up to the civil war.The squadron was an outgrowth of the 1819 treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom that was an early step in stopping the trade, and further defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. Although technically coordinated with a British West Africa Squadron based in Sierra Leone, in practice the American contingent worked on its own. The squadron also lacked support from the navy itself: Secretary of the Navy Abel Parker Upshur (1790–1844) was a Southerner and an extreme supporter of states' rights and slavery, and assigned only a handful of ships mounting a total of 80 guns between them.Matthew Perry was the first commander of the squadron, and based himself in Portuguese Cape Verde.The squadron was generally ineffective, since the ships were too few, and since much of the trading activity had shifted to the Niger River delta area (present-day Nigeria), which was not being covered. In the two years of Perry's leadership, only one slaver was reported to have been captured, and that ship was later acquitted by a New Orleans court. In the 16 years of squadron operation, only the crews of 19 slave ships went to trial. These slavers were acquitted or only lightly fined. Other commanders, however, were more successful.".
- Africa_Squadron activeYearsEndYear "1861".
- Africa_Squadron activeYearsStartYear "1819".
- Africa_Squadron country United_States.
- Africa_Squadron militaryBranch United_States_Navy.
- Africa_Squadron role "African Slave Trade Patrol".
- Africa_Squadron thumbnail USS_Jamestown_1844.jpg?width=300.
- Africa_Squadron type Squadron_(naval).
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- Africa_Squadron wikiPageRevisionID "679109596".
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- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Bahia.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Brazil_Squadron.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Cabinda_(city).
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Cabo_Frio.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Cape_Coast_Castle.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Category:1843_establishments_in_the_United_States.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Category:19th_century_in_Africa.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_the_United_States_Navy.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1861.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_the_1840s.
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- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Madeira.
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- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Mayumba,_Gabon.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Mediterranean_Squadron_(United_States).
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink New_Orleans.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink Niger_River.
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- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink West_Africa.
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- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink West_Indies_Squadron_(United_States).
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLink File:USS_Jamestown_1844.jpg.
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Africa Squadron".
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLinkText "Africa".
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLinkText "African squadron".
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLinkText "African".
- Africa_Squadron wikiPageWikiLinkText "US African Squadron".
- Africa_Squadron branch "United States Navy".
- Africa_Squadron caption "A photograph of the sloop-of-war USS Jamestown . She captured two slave ships with the Africa Squadron.".
- Africa_Squadron dates "1819".
- Africa_Squadron hasPhotoCollection Africa_Squadron.
- Africa_Squadron role African_Slave_Trade_Patrol.
- Africa_Squadron type Squadron_(naval).
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- Africa_Squadron subject Category:1843_establishments_in_the_United_States.
- Africa_Squadron subject Category:19th_century_in_Africa.
- Africa_Squadron subject Category:History_of_the_United_States_Navy.
- Africa_Squadron subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_disestablished_in_1861.
- Africa_Squadron subject Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_the_1840s.
- Africa_Squadron subject Category:Ship_squadrons_of_the_United_States_Navy.
- Africa_Squadron subject Category:Slavery.
- Africa_Squadron hypernym Unit.
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- Africa_Squadron type Organisation.
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- Africa_Squadron type Disestablishment.
- Africa_Squadron type Establishment.