Note 51 — Chapter IX
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These estimates are from the following sources: Ibid., 1822–3, pp. 94–110; Parliamentary Papers, 1823, XVIII., Slave Trade, Further Papers, A., pp. 10–11; 1838–9, XLIX., Slave Trade, Class A, Further Series, pp. 115, 119, 121; House Doc., 19 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 1, p. 93; 20 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 99; 26 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 211; House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, p. 193; House Reports, 21 Cong. 1 sess. III. No. 348; Senate Doc., 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 217; 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV. No. 66; 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6; Amer. State Papers, Naval, I. No. 249; Buxton, The African Slave Trade and its Remedy, pp. 44–59; Friends' Facts and Observations on the Slave Trade (ed. 1841); Friends' Exposition of the Slave Trade, 1840–50; Annual Reports of the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society.
The annexed table gives the dates of the abolition of the slave-trade by the various nations:—
Date.Slave-trade Abolished by Right of Search Treaty with Great Britain, made by Arrangements for Joint Cruising with Great Britain, made by
1802Denmark.
1807Great Britain; United States.
1813Sweden.
1814Netherlands.
1815Portugal (north of the equator).
1817Spain (north of the equator).Portugal; Spain.
1818France.Netherlands.
1820Spain.
1824 Sweden.
1829Brazil (?).
1830Portugal.
1831–33 France.
1833–39Denmark, Hanse Towns, etc.
1841Quintuple Treaty (Austria, Russia, Prussia).
1842United States.
1844Texas.
1845Belgium.France.
1862United States.