Slave Trade Act is a stock
short title
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used for legislation in the
United Kingdom
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and the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
that relates to the
slave trade Slave trade may refer to:
* History of slavery - overview of slavery
It may also refer to slave trades in specific countries, areas:
* Al-Andalus slave trade
* Atlantic slave trade
** Brazilian slave trade
** Bristol slave trade
** Danish sl ...
.
The "See also" section lists other Slave Acts, laws, and international conventions which developed the concept of slavery, and then the resolution and
abolition of slavery
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world.
The first country to fully outlaw slavery was France in 1315, but it was later used in its colonies. T ...
, including
a timeline of when various nations abolished slavery.
List
United Kingdom
* The
Slave Trade Act 1788 (a.k.a. Dolben's Act)
*
47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36, sometimes called the
Slave Trade Act 1807
The Slave Trade Act 1807 ( 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36), or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. Although it did not automatica ...
*
Slave Trade Felony Act 1811 (
51 Geo. 3. c. 23)
* The
Slave Trade Act 1824
* The
Slave Trade Act 1843
*
8 & 9 Vict. c. 122 sometimes called the
Aberdeen Act
The Slave Trade (Brazil) Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 122), commonly known as the Aberdeen Act, was an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed during the reign of Queen Victoria on 9 August 1845. The long title of ...
(1845)
* The
Slave Trade Act 1873
* The
Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention (1877, 1884)
* The
Treaty of Jeddah (1927)
* The
Modern Slavery Act 2015
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is designed to combat modern slavery in the UK and consolidates previous offences relating to human trafficking, trafficking and slavery. The act extends e ...
United States
* The
Slave Trade Act of 1794
* The
Slave Trade Act of 1800
*
Act to prevent the importation of certain persons lavesinto certain states . . ., 1803
[ Abraham Lincoln's Peoria speech, "In 1803 they passed a law in aid of one or two State laws, in restraint of the internal slave trade."]
*
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, 1807
* The
Slave Trade Act of 1818
*
1819 U.S. law, amended in 1820, which impacted the slave trade
*
Act for the Government and Protection of Indians
The Act for the Government and Protection of Indians (Chapter 133, California Statutes, Cal. Stats., April 22, 1850), nicknamed the Indian Indenture Act was enacted by the first session of the California State Legislature and signed into law by ...
, 1850, California
*
Act in Relation to Service, 1852, Utah Territory
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Act for the relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners, 1852, Utah Territory
*
Peonage Act of 1867
See also
*
Abolition of slavery timeline
The abolition of slavery occurred at different times in different countries. It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example, as abolition of the trade in slavery, slaves in a specific country, and then as abolition of ...
*
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of History of slavery, slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including endin ...
*
Abolitionism in the United States
In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the United States, slavery in the country, was active from the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which b ...
*
Slavery in international law
*
Slavery in the British Isles
Slavery in Britain existed before the Roman occupation, which occurred from approximately AD 43 to AD 410, and the practice endured in various forms until the 11th century, during which the Norman conquest of England resulted in the gradual me ...
*
Slavery in the United States
The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of List of ethnic groups of Africa, Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865 ...
*
Slavery in the colonial history of the United States
The institution of slavery in the European colonization of the Americas, European colonies in North America, which eventually became part of the United States, United States of America, developed due to a combination of factors. Primarily, the ...
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Lyons–Seward Treaty of 1862
*
Brussels Conference Act of 1890
*
(
League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...
)
*
1926 Slavery Convention (
League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...
)
*
1930 Forced Labour Convention of the
International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is one of the firs ...
*
1948 Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations)
*
1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
)
*
List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
* Access to Information and P ...
United Kingdom
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Slavery at common law
Slavery at common law in the British Empire developed slowly over centuries, and was characterised by inconsistent decisions and varying rationales for the treatment of slavery, the slave trade, and the rights of slaves and slave owners. Unli ...
*
Barbados Slave Code of 1661
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Amelioration Act 1798
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Slavery Abolition Act 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ( 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which abolished slavery in the British Empire by way of compensated emancipation. The act was legislated by Whig Prime Minister Charl ...
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Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits slavery and forced labour. Conscription, national service, prison labour, service exacted in cases of emergency or calamity, and "normal civic obligations" are excepted from these defi ...
*
Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) is an Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received royal assent on 9 November 1998, and came into force on 2 October 2000. Its aim was to incorporate into UK law the ...
United States
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Partus sequitur ventrem
''Partus sequitur ventrem'' (; also ''partus'') was a legal doctrine passed in colonial Virginia in 1662 and other English crown colonies in the Americas which defined the legal status of children born there; the doctrine mandated that children ...
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Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitution
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Three-Fifths Compromise of the U.S. Constitution
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Slave and free states
In the United States before 1865, a slave state was a state in which slavery and the internal or domestic slave trade were legal, while a free state was one in which they were prohibited. Between 1812 and 1850, it was considered by the slave s ...
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Slave codes pertaining to individual states
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1793
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was an Act of the United States Congress to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitution ( Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3), which was later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment, and to al ...
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Missouri Compromise (1820)
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Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842
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Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that temporarily defused tensions between slave and free states during the years leading up to the American Civil War. Designe ...
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a law passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850 between Southern interests in slavery and Northern Free-Soilers.
The Act was one ...
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Act in Relation to Service (1851)
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Confiscation Act of 1861
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Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves (1862)
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Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished Slavery in the United States, slavery and involuntary servitude, except Penal labor in the United States, as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed ...
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Freedmen's Bureau bills
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Shipping Commissioners Act of 1872
Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea but in American English, it has been exte ...
Other
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1871 Law of Free Birth in Brazil
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1888 Lei Áurea (Golden Law) in Brazil
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1793 Upper Canada Act Against Slavery
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Russian Emancipation reform of 1861
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Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention
References
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