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The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also known as Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery. The act states how the sale of any person as a slave was banned, and anyone buying or selling slaves would be prosecuted under the law, the offence ...
Events in the year 1843 in India. Events. Sind War. [1] ... 7 April – Indian Slavery Act, 1843 was passed. [5] (Colonies) Evidence Act (British statute)
The Indian Slavery Act of 1843 prohibited Company employees from owning, or dealing, along with granting limited protection under the law, that included the ability for a slave to own, transfer or inherit property, notionally benefitting the millions held in Company territory, that in an 1883 article on slavery in India and Egypt, Sir Henry ...
Law for the gradual abolition of slavery passed. [63] 1843 United Kingdom: Slave Trade Act 1843: East India Company: The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, Act V abolishes slavery in territories controlled by the company. United Kingdom Uruguay: Bilateral treaties abolishing the slave trade. [104] United Kingdom Mexico United Kingdom Chile United Kingdom
The patterns of slavery and slave population varied between districts. Various laws were passed during 1811, 1812 and 1823 to restrict slavery and prevent child labour, though the slave trade was only ended with the Indian Slavery Act, 1843 , and the sale of slaves became a criminal offence in 1862 under the new Indian Penal Code .
Slavery, Abolitionism and Empire in India, 1772–1843. Liverpool University Press. R.C. Majumdar, The History and Culture of the Indian People. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. Samonova, Elena (2019). Modern Slavery and Bonded Labor in South Asia: A Human Rights-Based Approach. Abingdon: Routledge. Andre Wink (1991).
Bank of Madras (1843) established (later Imperial Bank of India, now State Bank of India) Conquest and annexation of Sind Province (1843) [9] Indian Slavery Act, 1843; William Wilberforce Bird (acting) (1784–1857) June 1844: 23 July 1844 Henry Hardinge [nb 7] (1785–1856) 23 July 1844 12 January 1848
Indian Slavery Act, 1843; S. Scinde Medal This page was last edited on 3 March 2019, at 17:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...