Article Seven of the Treaty required Britain to return “any Negroes or other property” to their American owners when the peace was signed. read more
Whenever anyone on this site mentions the ‘Treaty of Paris’, they never specify WHICH treaty of Paris their talking about. The fact is, there have been hundreds of treaties signed in Paris, because Paris has become the go-to place to sign treaties. read more
Britain violated the treaty by smuggling several thousand Black American ex-slaves out of the country on board their ships, and giving them refuge in Canada, Sierra Leone or Britain itself. One notable example was Henry Washington, a slave owned by George Washington himself. read more