Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade
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Title
Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade
Collection
Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1862-04-27
Place: London
Publisher: printed by Harrison and Sons
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 2 Folder 16
Subjects
Slavery
Slave trade
Abolitionists
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Abolition movement
Antislavery movements
Slave trade -- Africa
Diplomatic relations
Slave trade
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Africa
Great Britain
United States
Genres
Notes
Ownership: Copy in SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 2 Folder 16 has ink markings of alternate page numbering system for document. NN
Physical Description
Extent: 7 pages. 20x32 cm.
Abstract
Signed in Washington April 7, 1862. The treaty, negotiated by Lord Lyons and Secretary of State Seward, sets forth conditions under which either nation may search any merchant vessels of the other which may “be suspected of being engaged in the African Slave Trade, or of having been fitted out for that purpose.” “All negroes who are found on board [such ships were] immediately set at liberty.”
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 6128883
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20845591
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e40fd080-9d31-0133-8f81-00505686d14e
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Date Issued
1862-04-27
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1862. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e40fd080-9d31-0133-8f81-00505686d14e
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1862). Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e40fd080-9d31-0133-8f81-00505686d14e
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America for the suppression of the African slave trade" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e40fd080-9d31-0133-8f81-00505686d14e
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