British Anti-Slave-Trade Treaties with African and Arab Leaders as Precursors of Modern Suppression Conventions

Abstract

Roger Clark shifts attention to slave-trading, but rather than focusing on the late 19th and early 20th centuries multilateral treaties against slave-trading he narrows the focus to early treaties entered into with African potentates by Great Britain. Clark illustrates how these treaties served as vehicles for the slow expansion of British enforcement power against slavers, suggesting that extraterritorial enforcement is a key driver in the expansion of transnational criminal law.