Hamerton treaty

Quand

1845

Type

Traité

Coordonnées

52.40° N, 0.32° W

Description

1845 treaty outlawing the export of slaves from Zanzibar to the Persian Gulf area

Placé à : town its title names, Hamerton.

The Hamilton Treaty was a treaty signed between Britain and the Omani Empire in 1845. It was named after Atkins Hamerton, who negotiated the treaty on behalf of Britain. The treaty addressed the issue of the Zanzibar slave trade between the Swahili coast in Zanzibar and Oman in the Arabian Peninsula, which was at the time the major part of the ancient Indian Ocean slave trade.

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