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The Slave Trade Act 1788 (28 Geo. 3. c. 54), also known as the Regulated Slave Trade Act 1788, Slave Trade Regulation Act 1788 or Dolben's Act, was an Act of Parliament that limited the number of enslaved people that British slave ships could transport, based on the ships' tons burthen . It was the first British legislation enacted to regulate ...
Dolben's Act, passed in 1788, limited the number of enslaved people that British ships could transport, based on the ships' tons burthen. It was the first British legislation passed to regulate slave shipping.
Brooks (or Brook, Brookes) was a British slave ship launched at Liverpool in 1781. She became infamous after prints of her were published in 1788. Between 1782 and 1804, she made 11 voyages from Liverpool in the triangular slave trade in enslaved people (for the Brooks, England, to Africa, to the Caribbean, and back to England).
The Slave Trade Act 1788 (Dolben's Act) was the first British legislation passed to regulate the shipping of enslaved people. The Act limited the number of enslaved people that British slave ships could transport, based on the ships' tons burthen. At a burthen of 239 tons, the cap would have been 378 captives. After the passage of Dolben's Act ...
The Slave Trade Act 1788 (Dolben's Act) limited the number of enslaved people that British enslaving ships could transport without penalty, based on a ship's burthen. At a burthen of 600 tons, the cap for Princess Royal would have been 739 captives. The Act was the first British legislation passed to regulate slave shipping.
Dolben's Act, the first British legislation to regulate the enslaving trade. The Act limited the number of enslaved people that British enslaving ships were permitted to transport without penalty, based on the ships' tons burthen. At a burthen of 148 tons, the cap would have been 247 captives; at 220 tons, the cap would have been 380.
One of the provisions of the Slave Trade Act 1788 (Dolben's Act), was bonuses for the master (£100) and surgeon (£50) if the mortality among the captives was under 2%; a mortality rate of under 3% resulted in a bonus of half that. Dolben's Act was the first British legislation passed to regulate slave shipping.
The Slave Trade Act 1788 (Dolben's Act) was the first British legislation passed to regulate the shipping of enslaved people. The Act limited the number of enslaved people that British slave ships could transport, based on the ships' tons burthen. At a burthen of 216 tons, the cap would have been 355 captives; at a burthen of 231 tons, the cap ...