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List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Robert Longley. History and Government Expert. Robert Longley is a U. Facebook Facebook. Updated October 03, Key issues addressed by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty included the location of the U. The Webster—Ashburton Treaty established the U.
Both the United States and Canada further agreed that the international trade of enslaved people on the high seas should be banned. Featured Video. Cite this Article Format. Longley, Robert. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty of Summary of the U. Webster and Ashburton also settled the case of the Creole , although it was not mentioned in the treaty.
The Creole was sailing to New Orleans with slaves, when a mutiny resulted in the death of one of the white passengers. The ship sailed to the Bahamas where the slaves were freed. Also, outside of the treaty, Great Britain agreed to end the impressment of American sailors.
Menu Menu. Home Milestones Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Milestones: — For more information, please see the full notice. The US agreed to station ships off the African coast as part of a joint Anglo-American effort to suppress the slave trade. The Webster-Ashburton Treaty signalled an improvement in Anglo-American relations since the end of hostilities in Many on both sides remembered the bitterness of the War of , and the hostilities at Aroostook had the potential to plunge each nation into another unpopular war.
Instead, London and Washington chose diplomacy to settle their affairs, and largely successfully. In the wake of the treaty, the greatest bitterness that remained was that of the Aboriginal inhabitants of the region who had lived in the disputed region and now had to deal with which side of the demarcation to call home, and the hardship of not having their voices heard during the negotiations.
Despite the concessions of large territory, the treaty was also unpopular in the US. In an attempt to make the shifting borders more palatable, Webster produced a map he claimed Benjamin Franklin had made of the region back in the eighteenth century.
Franklin's map had sketched out boundaries that Franklin thought appropriate and Webster noted that Franklin's map coincided with the boundaries he had negotiated for the US. This posthumous endorsement of the treaty by a Founding Father of the United States helped the agreement to be ratified by the Senate, though some believe it was a forgery. Search The Canadian Encyclopedia.
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