As commander-in-chief of the Leeward Islands station in 1807, Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane became principal enforcer of the new Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. He was also a plantation and slave owner with much to lose from upholding the law. By manipulating distinctions between apprentices and enslaved labour, Cochrane served his own interests, capitalizing on distance from the metropole and the power that came from wartime colonial reliance on Royal Navy protection. His story reflects Britain’s larger struggle with empire, identity, and morality during an age of war and abolition.

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废除，西印度殖民地和亚历山大·科克伦爵士上将的令人不安的案子，1807-1823年

作为1807年背风群岛电台的总司令，亚历山大·科克伦海军上将爵士成为新的《废奴交易法》的主要执行者。他还是种植园和奴隶主，因遵守法律而蒙受巨大损失。通过操纵学徒与奴役劳动之间的区别，科克伦利用与大都市的距离以及战时殖民地对皇家海军的保护所产生的力量，为自己的利益服务。他的故事反映了英国在战争和废除奴隶制时代与帝国，身份和道德的更大斗争。