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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 ...
Slave Trade Act 1788 or the Regulated Slave Trade Act 1788 or Dolben's Act (repealed) 28 Geo. 3. c. 54. 11 July 1788.
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).
In 1788 the Slave Trade Act 1788 was passed, partly in response to the Zong Massacre to ameliorate the conditions under which slaves might be transported (the Act would be renewed several times before being made permanent in 1799).
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 ...
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 97 tons, the cap would have been 162 captives; at a burthen of 162 tons, the cap ...
The Slave Trade Act 1788 (Dolben's Act) limited the number of enslaved people that British enslaving ships were permitted to transport, based on the ships' tons burthen. It was the first British legislation passed to regulate shipping slaves.