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The Royal Navy and the suppression of the Atlantic slave trade, c. 1807-1867 : anti-slavery, empire and Wills, Mary. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available.

British colonies in America: a comparative account of ten different editions published between 1755 and 1807 Stevens, Henry N 1905 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 528.9:912.43(73)"17/18"

British campaigns in the South Atlantic, 1805-1807 : operations in the Cape and the River Plate and their "Between 1805 and 1807 the British mounted several expeditions into the South Atlantic aimed at weakening Napoleon's Spanish and Dutch allies. The targets were the Dutch colony on South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which potentially threatened British shipping routes to India, and the Spanish colonies in the Rio de la Plata basin (now parts of Argentina and Uruguay). In 1805 an army of around 6,000 men was dispatched for the Cape under the highly-respected General David Baird. They were escorted and assisted by a naval squadron under Home Riggs Popham. The Cape surrendered in January 1806. Popham then persuaded Baird to lend him troops for an attack on Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires was taken in July but the paltry British force (around 2,400 men) was then besieged and forced to surrender in August. Popham was later court martialled for exceeding his orders. In Feb 1807 Montevideo was taken by a new (officially sanctioned) British force of 6,000 men. Whitelocke, the British Commander then attempted to retake Buenos Aires (not least to free British prisoners from the first attempt) but was defeated by unexpectedly fierce resistance stiffened by armed creoles and slaves. After heavy losses he signed an armistice, surrendering Montevideo and withdrawing all his forces. He too was court-martialled. One of the major themes of this new account is the strong Scottish connection - Baird and Popham were both Scots, and the 71st Highlanders made up the main force in the Cape and Popham's adventure. Another is the unlooked for consequences of these actions. The arrival of Scottish Calvinist ministers in the Cape influenced the eventual development of apartheid, while successful resistance to the British, with little help from Spain, shaped and accelerated the independence movement in South America."--Provided by the publisher. 2015. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1805/1807"(42:44)

History of the war in the peninsula and in the South of France from the year 1807 to the year 1814 : Napier, W F P 1840 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.48"1807/1814"

between Ross Donnelly... plaintiff and Sir Home Popham, defendant... on Saturday, the 27th day of June, 1807 Court of Common Pleas 1807 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Popham

Britain's war against the slave trade : the operations of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, 1807 "Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across Africa the buying and selling of slaves was widespread. There was, at the time, nothing unusual in Britain's somewhat belated entry into the slave trade, transporting natives from Africa's west coast to the plantations of the New World. What was unusual was Britain's decision, in 1807, to ban the slave trade throughout the British Empire. Britain later persuaded other countries to follow suit, but this did not stop this lucrative business. So the Royal Navy went to war against the slavers, in due course establishing the West Africa Squadron which was based at Freetown in Sierra Leone. This force grew throughout the nineteenth century until a sixth of the Royal Navy's ships and marines was employed in the battle against the slave trade. Between 1808 and 1860, the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans. The slavers tried every tactic to evade the Royal Navy enforcers. Over the years that followed more than 1,500 naval personnel died of disease or were killed in action, in what was difficult and dangerous, and at times saddening, work. In Britain's War Against the Slave Trade, naval historian Anthony Sullivan reveals the story behind this little-known campaign by Britain to end the slave trade. Whereas Britain is usually, and justifiably, condemned for its earlier involvement in the slave trade, the truth is that in time the Royal Navy undertook a major and expensive operation to end what was, and is, an evil business."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.362

The migration of the royal family of Portugal to Brazil in 1807/08 : log books of HM ships before the Light, Kenneth H 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 325(469:81)

Slavery, diplomacy & empire : Britain & the suppression of the slave trade, 1807-1975 /edited by Keith 2009. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8(42)

comprising a few cursory remarks upon His Majesty's declarations of the 25th September and 18th December 1807 1808 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1807"(42:489)

Untersuchungen uber die scheinbare und wahre Bahn des im Jahre 1807 erschienenen grossen Kometen / von Bessel, F. W.-(Friedrich Wilhelm), 1810 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52.092.64:094

Loss of His Majesty's frigate Anson, which was wrecked within three miles of Helston, December 28, 1807 Tegg, Thomas (comp) 1808 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61.085.3

Defending British India against Napoleon : the foreign policy of Governor-General Lord Minto, 1807-13 Das, Amita, 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 954.03/1

Particulars of the expedition to Copenhagen with an account of the siege and bombardment by the English in 1807 Crookes, Septimus 1808 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.48"1807"(489.11)

Sydney Smith in effecting the escape of the Royal family of Portugal to the Brazils on November 29, 1807 O'Neil, Thomas 1810 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49"1807"(42:44)

De reis van ZM De Vlieg, commandant Willem Kreekel, naar Brazilie 1807-1808 : het journaal van de Kapitein-Luitenant Kreekel, Willem 1975-1976 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 623.82Vlieg

Wellington and the Siege of San Sebastian, 1813 / Bruce Collins. "Bruce Collins's in-depth reassessment of the Duke of Wellington's siege of San Sebastian during the Peninsular War is a fascinating reconstruction of one of the most challenging siege operations Wellington's army undertook, and it is an important contribution to the history of siege warfare during the Napoleonic Wars. He sets the siege in the context of the practice of siege warfare during the period and Wellington's campaign strategies following his victory at the Battle of Vitoria. He focuses on how the army assigned to the siege was managed and draws on the records of the main military departments for the first time to give an integrated picture of its operations in the field. The close support given by the Royal Navy is a key aspect of his narrative. This broad approach, based in fresh archive research, offers an original perspective on both San Sebastian's significance and the nature of siege warfare in this period."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.48"1813"(460)

Admiral Trowbridge, by part of her crew, while lying at anchor off the Island of Sooloo, August 21, 1807 Wallace, Alexander ca1800 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:341.362.1(64)"1807"

Lettres astronomiques Bernoulli, Jean, 1771 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 52

Wellington's spies / by Mary McGrigor. McGrigor, Mary. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.404.5(42)"1807/1814"

The British slave trade : abolition, parliament and people : including the illustrated catalogue of the parliamentary exhibition in Westminster Hall, 23 May - 23 September 2007 /edited by Stephen Farrell, Melanie Unwin and James Walvin. c2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326.8

Lettres astronomiques : 6 Bernoulli, Jean, 1771 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 520.1(421.6)

Lettres astronomiques : 5 Bernoulli, Jean, 1771 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 681.7:92

Lettres astronomiques : 8 Bernoulli, Jean, 1771 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 520.1(425)

Lettres astronomiques : 7 Bernoulli, Jean, 1771 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 92Short

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