| Agreement between General Jacob Ruijchaver of the Dutch West India Company and the caboceers of Axim | |
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 First page of the Treaty of Axim. | |
| Type | Agreement confirming mutual jurisdictions and regulating mutual obligations |
| Signed | 17 February 1642 |
| Location | Axim (now Ghana) |
| Effective | 17 February 1642 |
| Expiration | 6 April 1872 (some parts earlier) |
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| Language | Dutch |
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 Treaty of Axim (1642) at Wikisource | |
The Treaty of Axim was concluded between the Netherlands and the chiefs of Axim in the western region of the Gold Coast (West Africa) and signed at Fort St. Anthony near Axim on 17 February 1642. The treaty regulated the jurisdiction of the Netherlands and the Dutch West India Company in the town and polity of Axim after the Dutch West India Company had successfully attacked the Portuguese who were the occupants of Fort St. Anthony in the town. Over time, the agreement was in part superseded and replaced by new contracts and agreements. The treaty did remain the basis for Dutch jurisdiction and political relations between Axim and the Dutch until the latter left the Gold Coast in 1872.