Black and British: A Forgotten History, from the acclaimed historian and star of 'Celebrity Traitors'

by David Olusoga

Contemporary artists tended to depict the squadron’s ships in action rather than at anchor. They are shown, heroically pursuing or confronting the slave ships. William John Huggins’ painting The Capture of the Slaver ‘Formidable’ by HMS Buzzard, 17 December 1834 is one of the more dramatic.18