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Home›Green Marine›From slave trade to humanitarian aid (200 years navy)
Green Marine

March 18, 2007 · about 19 years ago

From slave trade to humanitarian aid (200 years navy)

It is May 1823, Cheesman Henry Binstead is onboard the Portsmouth-based HMS Owen Glendower. With the West Africa squadron, the 26-year-old midshipman is on one of the Royal Navy’s fleet of ships tasked to stop the trade of slaves, in the wake of laws to abolish the transatlantic trade.

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It is May 1823, Cheesman Henry Binstead is onboard the Portsmouth-based HMS Owen Glendower.

With the West Africa squadron, the 26-year-old midshipman is on one of the Royal Navy’s fleet of ships tasked to stop the trade of slaves, in the wake of laws to abolish the transatlantic trade.

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