The Brussels Conference Act of 1890 constituted the first international agreement on global arms control, a fact that points to the imperial legacy of international arms trade regulation.
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abushiri revolt. - Google Search - 3 views
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"the Powers recognize the high value of the Law on the prohibition of Slave Trafficing of blacks, issued by His Majesty The Emperor of the Ottomans on 4-16 Dec. 1889, and are assured that a surveillance action will be taken by the Ottoman authorities, especially in the western part of Arabia and on the routes that keep that coast in communication with other possessions of His Imperial Majesty in Asia." Similar actions were called on to be taken by the Shah of Persia and the Sultan of Zanzibar. The participants also agreed to stop sales of guns and other weapons to Africans. some of the participants were Zanzibar, Gernamy and Italy
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These regulation came after the Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference of 1889-90. it was agreed upon a sales ban of modern firearms in German protactorates in east africa
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Banning the sale of modern firearms in Africa: On the origins of the Brussels Conferenc... - 3 views
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the brussels conference act of 1890 was a turning point in the trade of firearms in East africa
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imperial powers
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It was only in the decades after the middle of the 19th century that arms importation grew substantially,
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omestic production of guns developed in East Africa
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little production of firearms in east africa suggesting that majority came from outside the region
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Imported guns were either newly produced, predominantly in Liège and Birmingham, or reworked from discarded weapons stemming from various European, North American and South Asian arsenals
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firearms present in east africa came from countries outside africa. this suggests that guns were invented outside Africa
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found their way into military, economic and social contexts and figured among the most sought-after commodities of the region
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the introduction of firearms might have strenghtened East African armies and were a source of status ie if you had a firearm you were given higher social status
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objects of masculine gender identity
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raises the question of women in society at this time. were women allowed to have firearms or ?
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Firearms also gained strong economic relevance in East Africa, mainly due to their use for commercial hunting
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this suggest a switch from ancient ways of hunting such as bow and arrow to more advanced which is the use of firearms
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Abushiri revolt.
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"The Abushiri revolt, also known as the slave trader revolt (German: Sklavenhändlerrevolte), was an insurrection in 1888-1889 by the Arab and Swahili population of the areas of the coast of East Africa that were granted, under protest, to Germany by the Sultan of Zanzibar in 1888. It was eventually suppressed by a German expeditionary corps which conquered the coastal area"
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this must be seen against the background of increased armed resistance against European rule and of the already existing co-operation in East Africa.
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regulation measures were implemeted to limit firearm trade that fueled resistance against the colonial powers
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The memorandum already mentioned the idea of including the arms trade issue in the earlier envisioned anti-slavery conference.
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firearm regulation in east africa went hand in hand with the abolishment of slave trade
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Brussels Conference assembled in November 1889
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the Brussels Conference Act of 1890 on the prohibition of slave trade and slavery in Africa. The convention favoured colonial policies, justified by the anti-slavery argument.[
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the issue of the slave trade became a proxy for negotiating the much more politically pressing issue of the arms trade.
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scholars argue that the event and its origins were shaped primarily by a narrow national interest. Governments paid lip-service to humanitarian goals in order to legitimize their imperial aims.
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The vast majority of the African population was, if at all, only allowed to purchase and possess firearms of outdated patterns, mainly smooth-bore muzzleloading guns and common powder
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The Arms Trade in East Africa in the Late Nineteenth Century.pdf - 12 views
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Early explorers had commented with surprise on the large quantities of arms available in the in
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If early explorers were able to find a great deal of arms, this suggests that arms/guns were already making the rounds (Arms trade) in the interior of East Africa before Europeans became evident in the region
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"an infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored and fired from the shoulder."
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apon. Kaffirs in South Africa had found these muskets 'which sometimes burst in their hands' so useless that they had refused to take them in trade from the Portuguese and preferred to receive slaves.
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the Arms trade may have had a significant impact on the slave trade in Africa. as noted here slaves were traded for arms.
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rican Rifles Regiment-'ioo would be dangerous to fire'.10 Some African tribes, notably the Masa
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e. As early as i886, a large number of breech-loaders were found in the armoury of a Chagga ch
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Arms were clearly used for prestige too. this is evident in the fact that chiefs like the one in Chagga had firearms
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these arms will be used in raids for women and slave
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Again, evidence that guns had some impact on the slave trade in East Africa
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Apart from the great supplies of obsolete fire-arms suddenly thrown on the market by the rearming of Europe, the increase in the numbers of fire-arms in the late I88o's in East Africa was also due to a shift northwards of a trade that had been carried on for a decade or more in South Africa
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A great deal of guns came from Europe. hinting that they were invented there. the trade of guns started booming in East Africa due to a trade shift from South Africa
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ains) leading the movement. Under an able leader, Bushiri, and well-armed with breech-loaders and a few small cannon, the uprising in its early stages was successful enough to confine the Germans to their two chief centres, Dar es Salaam and Bagamoyo.
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Guns were important for warfare. Arabs had a successful uprising against Germans because of guns
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d. The trade was merely diverted southwards to the Delagoa Bay route, and by the spring of 1889 huge quantities of powder and great numbers of fire-arms were reported to be passing through Ibo and up the Rovuma river. Slaves and munitions were smuggled in small canoes at night along the coastline across to the mainland and Zanzibar.
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Slaves were smuggles alongside guns after blockade across the mainland and Zanzibar
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et ivory in the Tanganyika region.35 French missionaries blamed the continuance of the slave-trade in the Lake Tanganyika region on the sale of arms and powder by the Germ
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more evidence of slaves being traded for guns and gun powder. Germens seemed to have been part or in charge of slave trade in east africa
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taken into the interior was carried by the Arabs in their expeditions for ivory and s
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The arms trade in the German sphere also died out in the late I890's as German administration became more firmly es
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Late 19th cent saw a decline in gun trade due to harsh restrictions by German administration
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