Slave Trade Act

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Family of related laws regulating, restricting or banning slavery

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::summary Family of related laws regulating, restricting or banning slavery ::

Slave Trade Act is a stock short title used for legislation in the United Kingdom and the United States that relates to the slave trade.

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, including a timeline of when various nations abolished slavery.

List

United Kingdom

The Slave Trade Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 54) (a.k.a. Dolben's Act)
47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36, sometimes called the Slave Trade Act 1807
Slave Trade Felony Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. 23)
The Slave Trade Act 1824 (5 Geo. 4. c. 113)
The Slave Trade Act 1843 (6 & 7 Vict. c. 98)
8 & 9 Vict. c. 122 sometimes called the Aberdeen Act (1845)
The Slave Trade Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 88)
The Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention (1877, 1884)
The Treaty of Jeddah (1927)
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30)

United States

The Slave Trade Act of 1794
The Slave Trade Act of 1800
Act to prevent the importation of certain persons [slaves] into certain states . . ., 1803
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, 1850, California
Act in Relation to Service, 1852, Utah Territory
Act for the relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners, 1852, Utah Territory
Peonage Act of 1867

References

[https://www.npr.org/2011/07/06/137647715/weekly-standard-founding-fathers-opposed-slavery Weekly Standard: Founding Fathers Opposed Slavery], The Founders put slavery on the path to ultimate extinction, Abraham Lincoln said.
[[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."

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