His Britannic Majesty being extremely desirous of totally abolishing the Slave Trade, The United Provinces of Rio de la Plata engage to co-operate with His Britannic Majesty for the completion of so beneficent a work, and to prohibit all Persons inhabiting within the said United Provinces, or subject to their jurisdiction in the most effectual manner and by the most solemn laws, from taking any share in such Trade.