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4
Mei
1818

Anglo-Dutch treaty strengthens enforcement against slave trading

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📅 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 was uneven, and the treaty did not end slavery in the Dutch Caribbean. It illustrates the gap between regulating the Atlantic trade and dismantling the colonial labor system.

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William I

George III

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Kingdom of the Netherlands

United Kingdom