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Moresby Treaty

The Moresby Treaty was an anti-slavery treaty between Sayyid Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Fairfax Moresby, senior officer of Mauritius,[1] on behalf of Britain in September 1822.[2][3]

Initially composed of six articles,[4] 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.[3] The treaty barred the sale of slaves to Christians of any nationality,[5] recognized the sultan’s jurisdiction over the waters near the East African coast,[6] allowed for the installation of a British official in Zanzibar or the mainland,[3] and created the Moresby Line.

  1. ^ Nicolini, B., & Watson, P. (2004). Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799–1856. Leiden: Brill Academic Pub., p 132
  2. ^ McIntyre, C., & McIntyre, S. (2009). Zanzibar. Guilford: Bradt Pubns.
  3. ^ a b c Nwulia, Moses D. E. "The Role of Missionaries in the Emancipation of Slaves in Zanzibar." Journal of Negro History. 60.2 (1975): 268–287.
  4. ^ Nicolini, B., & Watson, P. (2004). Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799–1856. Leiden: Brill Academic Pub.
  5. ^ Nicolini, B., & Watson, P. (2004). Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799–1856. Leiden: Brill Academic Pub., p.133
  6. ^ Nicolini, B., & Watson, P. (2004). Makran, Oman, and Zanzibar: Three-terminal Cultural Corridor in the Western Indian Ocean, 1799–1856. Leiden: Brill Academic Pub., p.134

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