After banning the transportation of slaves in 1807, Britain established the West Africa Squadron, a naval force that patrolled the waves of the Atlantic in search of slave ships. Beginning in the ...

Semi-retired management consultant Colin Kemp, 76, has launched a fundraising campaign to build a monument to the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, which freed more than 150,000 slaves over the ...

Colin Kemp, of Portsmouth - who garnered donations for the already-built sculpture honouring the West Africa Squadron throughout the year - has been left crushed by the turn of events after ...

Professor Robert Tombs believes that building a sculpture to mark the contribution of the sailors of the West Africa Squadron would 'right the wrong of a long neglect'. He is the latest figure to ...

Colin Kemp, from Portsmouth, has fundraised nearly £70,000 for the memorial to the West Africa Squadron. He has offered the work to Portsmouth City Council, Gunwharf Quays, and the city's naval ...

The proposed memorial would honour those who served in the West Africa Squadron – a naval unit which enforced the abolition of slavery. The Royal Navy Museum estimates there that 1,587 sailors ...

The West Africa or “Preventative” Squadron was established in 1808, one year after the abolition of the slave trade. Its mission was to ensure other nations did not continue the trade Britain ...

The sculpture shows three figures – a shackled female slave, an officer from the West Africa Squadron and a freed slave A statue celebrating members of the Royal Navy who helped to end the ...