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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Did the 1818 Anglo-Dutch treaty abolish slavery in the islands?
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The treaty targeted the trade; slavery persisted in the Dutch Caribbean until 1863.
The 1818 Anglo-Dutch treaty focused on suppressing the slave trade.
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The treaty strengthened legal and cooperative enforcement against trafficking.