On 19 February 1810, Portugal and Britain signed commercial and alliance agreements whose tenth article committed the Portuguese prince regent to cooperate toward the gradual abolition of the African slave trade and restricted Portuguese purchases to African coasts south of the Equator. The pledge reflected British diplomatic pressure and Portuguese imperial interests; it did not emancipate enslaved people in Brazil or immediately stop trafficking. Brazil remained a major destination for the forced migration of Africans.
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What did Portugal promise in its 1810 agreements with Britain?
The tenth article pledged gradual abolition and limited Portuguese purchases to the African coast south of the Equator.
The 1810 agreement immediately emancipated enslaved people in Brazil.
It promised gradual suppression of the trade; it did not emancipate people in Brazil.