Articles of Convention concluded between King Pepple and Commander Castle

On 19 November 1838 King Pepple of Bonny and Commander Castle of HMS Rylades concluded formal Articles of Convention, which among other provisions prohibited the giving of trust (credit advances) to traders. The agreement was subsequently cancelled under pressure from British supercargoes who refused to comply with the anti-trust clause, a fact that Pepple lamented in a subsequent letter to Admiral Elliot.