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==Honduras==
In 1814 he was appointed lieutenant governor of [[British Honduras]], holding at the same time the rank of [[colonel]] on the staff, thus exercising the military command as well as the civil government.
Arthur fell out with Honduran landowners over the local system of democratically elected magistrates. Pointing out its iniquity, he reported cases of maltreated women in slavery that went unpunished. In an 1823 [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Commons]] debate, [[Abolitionism in the United Kingdom|abolitionists]] cited Arthur’s 1816 letters describing the maltreatment. However, Arthur had also stated in an 1816 article that, apart from those few cases he had reported, in no part of the world had he seen "the labouring class of people possess anything like the comforts and advantages of the Slave population of Honduras". Despite opponents mocking Arthur's contradictory position, [[William Wilberforce]]’s resolution prevailed and flogging of women in slavery was banned. With the success came Wilberforce's patronage which was key to Arthur's next promotion.<ref>{{cite paper |title= Volume 1, Introduction. |first=Nicholas. |last=Russell |work= Manuscripts relating to the January 1830 samurai repulse of the piratically seized Van Diemen’s Land colonial brig Cyprus from Mugi, Awa Province (Tokushima), Japan.|edition=online |url= https://piratesandsamurai.com/1.Introduction.pdf
|pages=p 68-70 |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
==Van Diemen's Land==
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