<p>Robert Thorpe an early judge at the admiralty court in Sierra Leone, where he set the rules of engagement for the West Africa Squadron as they went out to fight the Atlantic Slave Trade. All the sources can be found on the <a href='https://www.thebluejackets.co.uk/video/WestAfricaSquadronRobertThorpe'>Bluejackets</a> website</p>

Robert Thorpe an early judge at the admiralty court in Sierra Leone, where he set the rules of engagement for the West Africa Squadron as they went out to fight the Atlantic Slave Trade. All the sources can be found on the Bluejackets website

<p>Robert Thorpe an early judge at the admiralty court in Sierra Leone, where he set the rules of engagement for the West Africa Squadron as they went out to fight the Atlantic Slave Trade. All the sources can be found on the <a href="https://www.thebluejackets.co.uk/video/WestAfricaSquadronRobertThorpe" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bluejackets</a> website</p>

Robert Thorpe and the West Africa squadron: the beginning of the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Maritime history from the fall of Napoleon to the rise of the Soviet Union about ten minutes, by the Bluejackets Reenactment Society

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Robert Thorpe and the West Africa squadron: the beginning of the end of the Atlantic Slave Trade