Webster-Ashburton Treaty
The
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed
August 9,
1842, settled the dispute over the location of the
Maine-
New Brunswick border between the
United States and
Canada as well as the location of the border in the westward frontier up to the
Rocky Mountains. It also called for a final end to the
slave trade on the high seas, to be enforced by both signatories.
The agreement was signed by United States Secretary of State Daniel Webster and United Kingdom Privy Council member Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton.
The treaty resolved issues that had led to the Aroostook War as well as the Caroline Affair.
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