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April 20, 2017

H.M.S. Frigate Penelope, 1843

 The suppression of the African slave trade required the use of significant naval power. The following image shows one of the British man of war deployed in the campaign, the H.M.S. Frigate Penelope.
The Illustrated London News, 1 July 1843. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.

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