During the Anglo-French campaign against slavers in the mid-19th century Midshipman Claude Sefton, age 18, with two years experience in the Royal Navy, is put in command of a slaving schooner captured off the coast of Angola. Whilst surviving attack by the slavers, sinking, and capture by African slave dealers, he displays courage and resourcefulness in re-capturing a British merchant vessel and rescuing his sister-in-law who is aboard. |
Author: Samuel Whitchurch Sadler R.N. Title: Slavers and Cruisers Series: n/a First Published by: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Place: Format: HC Date: 1881 ISBN-10: ISBN-13:
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