Freds och handels tractat emellan Kongl. Maj:t och Cronan Swerige, och Republiquen Alger, afhadlad och sluten i Alger then 5/16 aprilis åhr 1729.
Häftad bok.
Nära nyskick. Stockholm, uti theh Kongl. Tryckeriet uplagt hos sal Direct. Joh. H. Werners enkia. 4to. (16) pp. Uncut and unopened, as new from the printer! The treaty with Algiers was the first to be negotiated between Sweden and the Barbary states during the 18th century. Treaties with Tunisia and Tripoli followed in 1736 and 1741 respectively. In this treaty, the system of ship’s passports was introduced, so that Swedish merchants could trade freely in the Mediterranian. From now on, Algerian corsairs did not have the right to raid Swedish ships for goods or slaves. Even if a Swedish vessel shipwrecked of the Algerian coast “så skal thet intet göras til prise eller thess manskap til slafwar”. But the slaves already captured were not freed, and indeed the Swedish captain was not allowed to help them escape: “Och om tå någon slafwe skulle salvera sig med simmande eller på annat sätt och komma om bord på något af bemelte orlogsskepp/ så skal han åter til Alger tilbakas lefwereras/ och skal man intet kunna excusera sig under förewändning at man intet sedt honom eller at skepsfolcket torde hafwa gömt honom.” For the eternal salvation on the other hand, the Swedish concul was allowed to keep a priest, and “Det skal äfwenwäl alla slafwar af samma religion wara tillåtit at hålla sig thenna församlingen och gudstiensten”.
