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SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT 1833

SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT 1833 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British
Colonies.{1}
[28th August 1833]
Ss.111 rep. by SLR 1890 (No. 2)

SLAVERY ABOLITION ACT 1833 - SECT 12
After 1st August, 1834, all slaves in the British colonies shall be
emancipated, and slavery shall be abolished throughout the British
possessions abroad.

12. ... PS0800[all and every the persons who on the said first day
of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four shall be holden
in slavery within any such British colony as aforesaid, shall upon
and from and after the said first day of August one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four become and be to all intents and purposes
free and discharged of and from all manner of slavery, and shall
be absolutely and for ever manumitted; and] PS1000the children
thereafter to be born to any such persons, and the offspring of
such children, shall in like manner be free from their birth; and
slavery shall be and is hereby utterly and for ever abolished and
declared unlawful throughout the British colonies, plantations, and
possessions abroad.

Ss.1366 rep. by SLR 1890 (No. 2)