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'An Act to amend and continue, for a limited time, several Acts of Parliament for regulating the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript)
1790-01-01 - 1790-12-31
MGS/64/3
'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' (Manuscript)
1806-07-21 - 1806-07-21
MGS/64/14
'An Act for transferring to His Majesty, certain possessions and rights vested in the Sierra Leone Company, and for shortening the duration of the said Company, and for preventing any dealing or trafficking in the buying or selling of slaves within the colony of Sierra Leone' (Manuscript)
1807-08-08 - 1807-08-08
MGS/64/16
'An Act for regulating the height between decks of vessels entering outwards for the purpose of carrying slaves from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript)
1797-01-01 - 1797-12-31
MGS/64/10
'An Act for regulating, until the first day of August one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, the shipping and carrying of slaves in British vessels from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript)
1798-06-28 - 1798-06-28
MGS/64/11
'An Act to prevent the importation of slaves, by any of His Majesty's subjects, into any islands, colonies, plantations, or territories belonging to any foreign sovereign, state, or power...' (Manuscript)
1806-05-23 - 1806-05-23
MGS/64/13
'An Act for better regulating the manner of carrying slaves, in British vessels, from the coast of Africa' (Manuscript)
1799-07-12 - 1799-07-12
MGS/64/12
'An Act for carrying into effect the engagement between Her Majesty and Syed Syf bin Hamood, the Chief of Sohar, in Arabia, for the more effectual suppression the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1853-05-09 - 1853-05-09
MGS/64/82
'An Act to amend the slave trade (East African Courts) Act, 1873' (Manuscript)
1879-08-11 - 1879-08-11
MGS/64/85
'An Act for carrying into effect engagements between Her Majesty and certain Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the more effectual suppression the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1849-08-01 - 1849-08-01
MGS/64/81
'An Act to amend an Act of the second and third years of Her Majesty, for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1842-08-10 - 1842-08-10
MGS/64/65
'An Act to continue until the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-three an Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate execution, by orders in Council, any treaties for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1842-07-30 - 1842-07-30
MGS/64/64
'An Act to permit, until the thirty-first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, wheat to be delivered from the warehouse or the vessel duty-free, upon the previous substitution of an equivalent quantity of flour or biscuit in the warehouse' (Manuscript)
1842-08-10 - 1842-08-10
MGS/64/66
'An Act for carrying into effect a treaty between Her Majesty and the Republic of Bolivia for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1843-04-11 - 1843-04-11
MGS/64/70
'An Act for carrying into effect a treaty with the King of the French and the King of Sardinia for suppressing the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1835-09-09 - 1835-09-09
MGS/64/39
'An Act for carrying info effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Argentine Confederation for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1842-06-30 - 1842-06-30
MGS/64/62
'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Mexican Republic for the abolition of the traffic in slaves' (Manuscript)
1843-08-10 - 1843-08-10
MGS/64/74
'The Debate on a Motion for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade, In the House of Commons on Monday and Tuesday, April 18 and 19, 1791, reported in detail' (Manuscript)
1791-04-18 - 1791-04-19
MGS/57
'An Act for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate execution, by orders in Council, any treaties for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1844-07-04 - 1844-07-04
MGS/64/77
'An Act for carrying into execution a treaty signed at London for the suppression of the slave trade, so far as the same relates to Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia' (Manuscript)
1843-08-10 - 1843-08-10
MGS/64/73
'An Act for carrying into effect the treaty between Her Majesty and the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1843-04-11 - 1843-04-11
MGS/64/72
'An Act to revive and continue in force, until the first day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty, an Act of the legislature of Jamaica to explain and amend an Act for the abolition of slavery in that Island, and in aid of the same' (Manuscript)
1836-06-07 - 1836-06-07
MGS/64/43
'An Act to carry into further execution an Act for compensating owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery, and for completing the full payment of such compensation' (Manuscript)
1836-08-17 - 1836-08-17
MGS/64/45
'An Act to carry into effect the treaty with the Netherlands, relating to the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1819-03-31 - 1819-03-31
MGS/64/24
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