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Treaty of Togoville
- When
- 5 July 1884
- Where
- Togoland
Gustav Nachtigal signed a treaty with Chief Mlapa III on 5 July 1884, declaring a German protectorate over territory along the Slave Coast.
On 5 July 1884, Gustav Nachtigal, the German imperial consul, signed a treaty with the local chief Mlapa III. This treaty declared a German protectorate over a stretch of territory along the Slave Coast on the Bight of Benin, effectively creating Togoland as an entity of international law within the German colonial empire.
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