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 6