Six Months' Service in the African Blockade from April to October 1848 in Command of H.M.S. Bonetta

Six Months' Service in the African Blockade from April to October 1848 in Command of H.M.S. Bonetta by Frederick Edwyn Forbes provides a detailed account of the efforts to suppress the slave trade in Cape Mount. The book delves into the engagements made by the chiefs of Cape Mount to combat the exportation of slaves including the establishment of laws and severe punishments for offenders. It includes a vocabulary of the Vahie language spoken at Cape Mount and historical data on slave shipments from Africa to America.