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  2. Indian Slavery Act, 1843 - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Slavery in India - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 1843 in India - Wikipedia

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    7 April – Indian Slavery Act, 1843 was passed. [5] (Colonies) Evidence Act (British statute) Judicial Committee Act (British statute) Deaths.

  5. Act for the relief of Indian Slaves and Prisoners - Wikipedia

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    The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah legalized slavery in February 1852 and dealt with the enslavement of Native Americans in March 1852. The Act had four sections. The first section required a Native American to be enslaved by a white person and to be a prisoner, woman, or child.

  6. Indian slavery - Wikipedia

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    Indian slavery may refer to: Slavery in India. Indian Slavery Act, 1843, outlawed slavery; Indian indenture system, indentured servitude by Indians in British colonies Girmityas, the indentured Indian laborers; Slavery among the indigenous peoples of the Americas; Slavery among Native Americans in the United States

  7. Slave Trade Act - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. Slave Trade Act 1843 - Wikipedia

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    Text of the Slave Trade Act 1843 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. The Slave Trade Act 1843 [ 1 ] ( 6 & 7 Vict. c. 98) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom "for the more effectual Suppression of the Slave Trade ."

  9. Freedom suit - Wikipedia

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    After much discussion about slavery, delegates from northern and southern states reached a compromise, drafting a federal constitution for the United States that prohibited Federal banning of the slave trade for two decades; Article V effectively protected the trade until 1808, giving the States 20 years to resolve this issue.