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An act to prohibit for two years after the conclusion of the present session of Parliament: any ships to clear out from any port of Great Britain, for the coast of Africa, for the purpose of taking on board Negroes, unless such ships shall have been previously employed in the African trade, or contracted for, for that purpose

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Woodcut headpiece, incorporating royal arms with the mottos : "Dieu et mon droit" and "Honi soit qui mal y pense.This act forbids the employment of any new vessel in the slave trade, in response to a resolution by Fox. An important first step toward abolition.
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Administrative Acts
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1806 07 21
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Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division. The New York Public Library

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Keywords

  1. Abolition Movement
  2. Abolitionists
  3. Africa
  4. African Americans
  5. Antislavery Movements
  6. Blacks
  7. Colonies
  8. Enslaved People
  9. Great Britain
  10. Law And Legislation
  11. Sailing Ships
  12. Slave Trade
  13. Slaver
  14. Slavery

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