The 1890 Brussels treaty committed European powers to combat slavery

Evidence

International pressure condemning all forms of slavery in Africa was now building as well. In I 890, France signed, along with other European powers, the General Act of the Brussels International Conference, which committed all signatories to combat slavery in their territories, “in order to bring to this vast continent the benefits of peace and civilization.” Parliament ratified the treaty in December I892. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 333

Categorization

• CANDY: The Brussels General Act phrase ‘bring to this vast continent the benefits of peace and civilization’ is a compact, quotable example of imperial rhetoric.
• XREF: connects to: Austerity was codified as economic policy at the 1920 Brussels conference. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 7