Convention between Her Majesty and the Republick of Hayti, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, signed at Port-au-Prince, December 23, 1839. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty
Convention between Her Majesty and the Republick of Hayti, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, signed at Port-au-Prince, December 23, 1839. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty
Convention between Her Majesty and the Republick of Hayti, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, signed at Port-au-Prince, December 23, 1839. Presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of Her Majesty
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1841 (Production)
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"The Republic of Haiti had been established as the result of a successful slave revolt. This convention pledges English-French-Haitian cooperation in suppressing the slave trade. This Treaty "for the suppression of the Slave Trade" originally was concluded between England and France, to which the Republic of Haiti now accedes." –Description from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books
