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William I

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William I

Hénero: Homber

Eventonan Relashoná

William I prohibits Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade

📅 15 Yüni 1814

A royal decree barred Dutch ships from being equipped for the Atlantic slave trade. It followed British pressure and did not emancipate people already enslaved or end plantation slavery. Ending the...

William I issues a decree prohibiting Dutch participation in the slave trade

📅 15 Yüni 1814

William I issued a decree prohibiting Dutch ships from being equipped for the slave trade and barring the sale of Africans at Dutch possessions on the Guinea coast. This addressed the trade, not...

Anglo-Dutch Treaty commits the Netherlands to suppress the slave trade

📅 13 Ougùstùs 1814

The Treaty of London referred to the Dutch decree against the trade and committed the Netherlands to prohibit its subjects from participating. International restrictions on trafficking did not...

Anglo-Dutch treaty strengthens enforcement against slave trading

📅 4 Mei 1818

The two states agreed on enforcement measures against slave trading by their subjects, including legal penalties and cooperation to prevent the use of their flags to protect trafficking. Enforcement...