Moresby Treaty
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title:
Moresby Treaty
text:
The Moresby Treaty was an anti-slavery treaty between Sayyid Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Fairfax Moresby, senior officer of Mauritius, on behalf of Britain in September 1822. Initially composed of six articles, the purpose of the treaty was to limit the Indian Ocean slave trade by preventing the importation of slaves to British holdings in India and the Indian Ocean from land ruled by Omani Arabs in East Africa. The treaty barred the sale of slaves to Christians of any nationality, recog
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description:
1822 anti-slavery treaty
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moresby_Treaty
date created:
2011-02-15T04:36:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T21:57:57Z
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