Anglo-Dutch Slave Trade Treaty
Treaty between His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, for preventing their Subjects from engaging in any Traffic in Slaves | |
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Signed | 4 May 1818 |
Location | The Hague, Netherlands |
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Languages | English, French |
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Treaty between His Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, for preventing their Subjects from engaging in any Traffic in Slaves at Wikisource |
The Anglo-Dutch Slave Trade Treaty (
The treaty was amended and provided with additional articles by treaties concluded on 31 December 1822, 25 January 1823, 7 February 1837 and 31 August 1848.[1]
Background
In June 1814,
In May 1818, a comprehensive treaty was concluded between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, which allowed the Royal Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy to inspect vessels they suspected of carrying slaves. If slaves were indeed found on board, both navies were allowed to detain the crew and bring them before one of the Mixed Courts of Justice.[3]
Mixed Commission Courts
The Mixed Commission Court in Freetown sentenced in total 22 Dutch vessels during its existence between 1819 and 1862.[4]
The Mixed Commission Court in Paramaribo sentenced only one vessel during its existence between 1819 and 1845, namely, the Nueve of Snauw in 1823.[5][4]
Notes
- ^ "NL-HaNA, Suriname vanaf 1828 / gedeponeerd, 1.05.11.11" (PDF). Nationaal Archief. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Postma 1990, p. 290.
- ^ Postma 1990, pp. 290–291.
- ^ a b "Verbod van slavenhandel". ANDA Suriname. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Emmer 2011.
References
- Emmer, Pieter Cornelis (2011). De Nederlandse slavenhandel 1500-1850. Utrecht: Arbeiderspers. ISBN 9789029576529.
- Postma, Johannes M. (1990). The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36585-6.