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African Squadron
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/African_Squadron
GPTKB entity
Statements (21)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:military
gptkbp:activeYears
1819–1861
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded
1861
gptkbp:establishedBy
gptkb:Webster–Ashburton_Treaty
gptkbp:establishedIn
1842
gptkbp:goal
intercept slave ships
gptkbp:headquarters
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
African Squadron
gptkbp:mission
suppression of the transatlantic slave trade
gptkbp:notableCommander
gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_Perry
gptkb:Commodore_Josiah_Tattnall
gptkbp:notableShip
gptkb:USS_Perry
gptkb:USS_Saratoga
gptkb:USS_Yorktown
gptkbp:operatedAlong
gptkb:West_African_coast
gptkbp:operatedBy
gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Royal_Navy_West_Africa_Squadron
gptkbp:treatyObligation
gptkb:Webster–Ashburton_Treaty
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Matthew_Calbraith_Perry
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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