ABSTRACT This essay explores the careers of two British consuls on different sides of the globe, David Turnbull in Cuba and Lyons McLeod in Mozambique, both engaged in a long-running battle against the illegal slave trade. Consuls were often on the frontlines of efforts to police the trade, but they faced serious opposition from slave traders and government officials who often received bribes and kickbacks to turn a blind eye to the traffic. Far removed from their mother countries, these outposts of empire often operated in ways that contradicted imperial policies, practices that led to a level of corruption that amounted to state capture, a situation that helps explain why stopping the illegal slave trade was so problematic.

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在废除奴隶贸易的最前线：英国领事与古巴和莫桑比克的国家俘虏作斗争

摘要本文探讨了全球范围内的两个英国领事的职业，古巴的戴维·特恩布尔和莫桑比克的里昂·麦克劳德都在长期从事反对非法奴隶贸易的斗争。领事通常是监管贸易的第一线，但他们面临奴隶贩子和政府官员的严重反对，他们经常受到贿赂和回扣，对交易视而不见。这些帝国的据点与他们的祖国相距遥远，经常以与帝国主义政策相抵触的方式运作，这些习俗导致一定程度的腐败，导致国家被俘虏，这种情况有助于解释为什么阻止非法奴隶贸易如此成问题。