On 23 November 1826, Brazil and Britain signed a convention committing Brazil to end the African slave trade after a three-year transition. The agreement became enforceable in 1830, but Brazilian authorities failed to suppress the trade effectively. The convention grew from British pressure and diplomatic bargaining, not from a grant of freedom to people already enslaved. Its weak enforcement allowed large-scale illegal importation to continue and exposed a widening gap between treaty commitments and state practice.
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What was the promised effect of the 1826 convention?
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The treaty committed Brazil to end the African slave trade after three years.
Brazil’s 1826 convention was supposed to end the African trade after a transition period.
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The convention set a three-year period before the trade should end.