Slavery is abolished in the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy.

Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy

Swedish island colony in the Caribbean from 1784 to 1878

The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy existed for nearly a century. In 1784, one of French king Louis XVI's ministers ceded Saint Barthélemy to Sweden in exchange for trading rights in the Swedish port of Gothenburg. Swedish rule lasted until 1878 when the French repurchased…