Viscount Palmerston was one of the most important British politicians of the nineteenth centry. During much of the 1830s and 40s he was the Foreign Secretary in several Whig Gvernments. From 1859 until is death in 1865 he was Prime Minister. He played a critical role in formulating British policy for the suppression of the […]

The suppression of the slave trade required not only the collaboration of governments in Europe or the Americas, but also in Africa. The image shows a picture of King Achibald Duke, Chief of Old Calabar, an important port of slave embarkation in the Bight of Biafra. The Illustrated London News, 22 June 1850. Courtesy of […]

The suppression of the slave trade required not only the collaboration of governments in Europe or the Americas, but also in Africa. The image shows a picture of King Peppel of Bonny Town, one of the largest ports of slave embakation on West Africa. The Illustrated London News, 22 June 1850. Courtesy of University of […]

The Duc de Broglie, was a French Foreign Minister under the ‘July Monarchy’ of Louis Phillipe. He played a central role in the bilateral negotiations with Britain for the suppression of the slave trade during the 1840s. The Illustrated London News, 26 April 1845. Courtesy of University of Missouri Libraries.