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General Act of the Berlin Conference (1885)

Treaty of 26 February 1885 signed by fourteen states on trade, navigation and the slave trade in the Congo basin and West Africa.

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Article 6 bound the powers with rights or influence in the territories to watch over the native tribes and their well-being.

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  • Berlin 26 Feb 1885 Primary record 1
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  1. 26 Feb 1885 General Act of the Berlin Conference (1885)
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  3. 26 Feb 1885 General Act of the Berlin Conference (1885) written at Berlin
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  1. General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885, Internet Archive copy of the text of the Act, 26 Feb 1885. Primary record
    Signed by the representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United States of America
    GENERAL ACT OF THE CONFERENCE AT BERLIN OF THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, BELGIUM, DENMARK, FRANCE, GERMANY
  2. The Story of the Congo Free State, by Henry Wellington Wack (a book friendly to the Free State; it prints the King's speech and letters in full), G. P. Putnam's Sons (Project Gutenberg), 1905. Scholarship & press
    The International Conference held its tenth and last sitting on the 26th of February, 1885.
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