Slave Trade Act 1824
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1824 c. 113 |
| Year | 1824 |
(5 Geo. 4) C A P. CXIII.
[24th June 1824]
'WHEREAS it is expedient that the various Acts and Enactments relating to Slavery and the Slave Trade should be consolidated and amended;' Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliamentassembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the First Day ofJanuary in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty five, all the Acts and Enactments relating to the Slave Trade and the Abolition thereof, and the Exportation and Importation of Slaves, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except in so far as they may have repealed any prior Acts or Enactments, or may have been acted upon, or may be expressly confirmed by this present Act. (a)
II Purchase, Sale or Contract for Slaves declared unlawful; as also the Exportation and Importation of Slaves;
II. And be it further enacted, That it shall not be lawful (except in such special Cases as are hereinafter mentioned) for any Persons to deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter or transfer, or to contract for the dealing or trading in, Purchase, Sale, Barter or Transfer of Slaves, or Persons intended to be dealt with as Slaves (b) ; or to carry away or remove, or to contract for the carrying away or removing of Slaves or other Persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves; or to import or bring, or to contract for the importing or bringing into any Place whatsoever, Slaves or other Persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain or confine on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining or confining on board of any Ship, Vessel or Boat, Slaves or other Persons, for the Purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves; or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain or confine on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining or confining on board of any Ship, Vessel or Boat, Slaves or other Persons, for the Purpose of their being imported or brought into any Placewhatsoever, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves; or to fit out, man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, employ, let or take to freight or on hire, or to contract for the fitting out, manning, navigating, equipping, dispatching, using, employing, letting or taking to freight or on hire, any Ship, Vessel or Boat, in order to accomplish any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objectsand Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to lend or advance, or become Security for the Loan or Advance, or to contract for the lending or advancing, or becoming Security for the Loan or Advance of Money, Goods or Effects, employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objects and Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to become Guarantee or Security, or to contract for the becoming Guarantee or Security for Agents employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objects and Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or in any other Manner to engage or to contract to engage directly or indirectly therein as a Partner, Agentor otherwise; or to ship, tranship, lade, receive or put on board, or to contract for the shipping, transhipping, lading, receiving or putting on board of any Ship, Vessel or Boat, Money, Goods or Effects, to be employed in accomplishing any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objectsand Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to take the Charge or Command, or to navigate or enter and embark on board, or to contract for the taking the Charge or Command, or for the navigating or entering and embarking on board of any Ship, Vessel or Boat, as Captain, Master, Mate, Petty Officer, Surgeon, Supercargo, Seaman, Marine or Servant, or in any other Capacity, knowing that such Ship, Vessel or Boat is actually employed, or is in the same Voyage, or upon the same Occasion, in respect of which they shall so take the Charge or Command, or navigate or enter and embark, or contract so to do as aforesaid, intended to be employed in accomplishing any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objects and Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful; or to insure or to contract for the insuring of any Slaves, or any Property, or other Subject Matter, engaged
(a ) [See Sections 24. 31. 37. 52. post. ]
(b ) [See Sections 13, 14. post. ]
or employed, or intended to be engaged or employed, in accomplishing any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objects and Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful.III Dealing in Slaves, or exporting or importing them, &c.;
III. And be it further enacted, That (except in such special Cases as are in and by this Act permitted) if any Persons shall deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter or transfer, or contract for the dealing or trading in, Purchase, Sale, Barter or Transfer of Slaves, or Persons intended to be dealt with as Slaves, or shall carry away or remove, or contract for the carrying away or removing of Slaves or other Persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves, or shall import or bring, or contract for the importing or bringing into any Place whatsoever Slaves or other Persons, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves, or shall ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining or confining on board of any Ship, Vessel or Boat, Slaves or other Persons for the Purpose of their being carried away or removed, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves;or to ship, tranship, embark, receive, detain or confine on board, or contract for the shipping, transhipping, embarking, receiving, detaining or confining on board of any Ship, Vessel or Boat, Slaves or other Persons, for the Purpose of their being imported or brought into any Place whatsoever, as or in order to their being dealt with as Slaves, then and in every such Case the Person so offending, and their Procurers, Counsellors, Aiders and Abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence the Sumof One hundred Pounds of lawful Money ofGreat Britain for each and every Slave so dealt or traded in, purchased, sold, bartered or transferred, carried away, removed, imported, brought, shipped, transhipped, embarked, received, detained or confined on board, or so contracted for as aforesaid; the One Moiety thereof to the Use of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, and the other Moiety to the Use of any Person who shall inform, sue and prosecute for the same; and all Property or pretended Property in such Slaves or Persons as aforesaid shall also be forfeited, and the said Slaves or Persons shall and may be seized and prosecuted as hereinafter is mentioned and provided. [See Sections 13. 14. post .]
IV For fitting out Slave Ships \(Exception).
IV. And be it further enacted, That (except in such special Cases or for such special Purposes as are in and by this Act permitted) if any Persons shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, dispatch, use, employ, let or take to freight or on hire, or contract for the fitting out, manning) navigating, equipping, despatching, using, employing, letting or taking to freight or on hire, any Ship, Vessel or Boat, in order to accomplish any of the Objects,or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objects and Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, such Ship, Vessel or Boat, together with all her Boats, Guns, Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, and together likewise with all Property, Goods or Effects found on board, belonging to the Owner or Owners, Part Owner or Part Owners of any such Ship, Vessel or Boat, shall become forfeited, and may and shall be seized and prosecuted as hereinafter is mentioned and provided.
V Embarking Capital in the Slave Trade.
V. And be it further enacted, That (except in such special Cases or for such special Purposes as are in and by this Act permitted) if any Persons shall knowingly and wilfully lend or advance, or become Security for the Loan or Advance, or shall contract for the lending or advancing, or becoming Security for the Loan or Advance of Money, Goods or Effects, employed or to be employed in accomplishing any of the Objects, or the Contracts in relation to the Objects, which Objects and Contracts have hereinbefore been declared unlawful, then and in every such Case the Persons so offending, and their Procurers, Counsellors,Aiders and Abettors, shall forfeit and pay for every such Offence double the Value of all the Money, Goods and Effects so lent, advanced or secured, or so contracted for as aforesaid, to be recovered and applied as is hereinafter mentioned and provided.
VI Guaranteeing Slave Adventures.
VI. And be it further enacted, That (except in such special Cases or for such special Purposes as are in and by this Act permitted) if any Persons shall knowingly and wilfully become Guarantee or Security, or contract...
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