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[2nd Peace of Paris. Slave Trade.]

on-execution of Articles XIX and following of the Treaty of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), as well as of the Additional Articles of that Treaty signed between Great Britain and France, desiring to render more efficacious the stipulations made thereby, and having determined, by two Separate Conventions, the line to be pursued on each side for that purpose (Nos. 45, 46), the said two Conventions, as annexed to the present Treaty, shall, in order to secure the complete execution of the above-mentioned Articles, have the same force and effect as if the same were inserted, word for word, herein.

Restoration of Prisoners.

ART. X. All Prisoners taken during the hostilities, as well as all hostages which may have been carried off or given, shall be restored in the shortest time possible. The same shall be the case with respect to the prisoners taken previously to the Treaty of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1), and who shall not already have been restored.

Maintenance of Treaty of 30th May, 1814, and of Final Act of Vienna Congress of 9th June, 1815.

ART. XI. The Treaty of Paris of the 30th of May, 1814 (No. 1) and the Final Act of the Congress of Vienna of the 9th of June 1815 (No. 27), are confirmed, and shall be maintained in all such of their enactments which shall not have been modified by the Articles of the present Treaty.

Ratifications.

ART. XII. The present Treaty, with the Conventions annexed thereto, shall be ratified in one Act, and the Ratifications thereof shall be exchanged in the space of two months, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms.

Done at Paris, this 20th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, 1815.

(L.S.) CASTLEREAGH.
(L.S.) WELLINGTON.

(L.S.) RICHELIEU.

See also Treaties of 25th April, 1818, and Additional Articles of 4th July, 1818.

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ADDITIONAL ARTICLE. Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Paris, 20th November, 1815.

The High Contracting Powers, sincerely desiring to give effect to the measures on which they deliberated at the Congress of Vienna relative to the complete and universal abolition of the Slave Trade, and having, each in their respective dominions, prohibited, without restriction, their Colonies and Subjects from taking any part whatever in this traffic, engage to renew conjointly their their efforts, with the view of securing final success to their principles which they proclaimed in the Declaration of the 4th (8th) of February, 1815 (No. 8), and of concerting, without loss of time, through their Ministers at the Courts of London and of Paris, the most effectual measures for the entire and definitive abolition of a Commerce so odious, and so strongly condemned by the laws of Religion and of Nature.

The present Additional Articles shall have the same force and effect as if it were inserted, word for word, in the Treaty signed this day. It shall be included in the Ratification of the said Treaty.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their Arms.

Done at Paris, this 20th day of November, 1815.

(L.S.) CASTLEREAGH.

(L.S.) WELLINGTON.

(L.S.) RICHELIEU.

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