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'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
'An Act to authorize Her Majesty, until six months after the commencement of the next session of Parliament, to carry into immediate execution, by orders in Council, any treaties, conventions, or stipulations made with any foreign power or state for the suppression of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1837-07-15 - 1837-07-15
MGS/64/46
'An Act for carrying into effect a convention of accession of the Hans Towns to two conventions with the King of the French, for suppressing the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1838-07-27 - 1838-07-27
MGS/64/49
'An Act to amend the Act for the abolition of slavery in the British Colonies' (Manuscript)
1838-04-11 - 1838-04-11
MGS/64/48
'An Act for carrying into effect an additional article to a treaty with the Netherlands relating to the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1838-07-27 - 1838-07-27
MGS/64/51
'An Act for rendering more effectual an Act made in the forty-seventh year of His Majesty's reign, intitled, an Act for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1811-05-14 - 1811-05-14
MGS/64/17
'An Act to enlarge the time for commencing prosecutions for forfeitures under certain Acts relating to the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1813-07-10 - 1813-07-10
MGS/64/18
'An Act to allow ships taken and condemned for being used in carrying on the slave trade to be registered as British-built ships' (Manuscript)
1814-05-27 - 1814-05-27
MGS/64/19
'An Act to carry into execution a convention made between His Majesty and the King of Portugal, for the preventing the traffic in slaves' (Manuscript)
1818-06-05 - 1818-06-05
MGS/64/22
'An Act to explain three Acts, passed in the forty-sixth, forty-seventh, and fifty-first years of His Majesty's reign, respectively, for the abolition of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1818-05-30 - 1818-05-30
MGS/64/21
'An Act for carrying into effect a convention of accession of the King of the two Sicilies to two conventions with the King of the French for suppressing the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1838-08-10 - 1838-08-10
MGS/64/54
'An Act to amend an Act of last session of Parliament, for carrying into execution a convention made between His Majesty and the King of Portugal, for the preventing the traffic in slaves' (Manuscript)
1819-03-31 - 1819-03-31
MGS/64/25
'An Act for the appropriation of certain proceeds arising from the capture of vessels and cargoes, the property of the subjects of the Kings of Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands, taken and seized in violation of the conventions made with those states, and for granting bounties upon slaves captured in such vessels, and also for granting indemnity to the captors of certain vessels taken in the prosecution of the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1821-07-10 - 1821-07-10
MGS/64/29
'An Act to carry into effect certain licenses, permitting the removal of Negro slaves from the Bahama Islands to Demerara' (Manuscript)
1820-07-15 - 1820-07-15
MGS/64/28
'An Act for the better and more effectually carrying into effect the treaties and conventions made with foreign powers for suppressing the slave trade' (Manuscript)
1838-07-27 - 1838-07-27
MGS/64/52
'Picture of Slavery in the United States of America' (Manuscript)
1834-01-01 - 1834-12-31
MGS/58
Abolitionist envelope (Manuscript)
circa 1860
MGS/70
Letter carried by Scipio (with 2 original enclosures), Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 1785. (Manuscript)
1785-01-01 - 1785-06-30
MGS/19
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