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 slavery already imposed in Caribbean colonies. The distinction matters: enslaved people in the islands remained unfree for almost another half-century.
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What did the Dutch decree of 15 June 1814 prohibit?
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The decree prohibited the trade, not slavery itself in the colonies.
The 1814 Dutch decree immediately abolished slavery in Curaçao.
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It prohibited Dutch participation in the slave trade; slavery continued.