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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 10

10. 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 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
imported or brought into any place whatsoever, as or in order to their being
dealt with as slaves; or shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, 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 herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall knowingly
and wilfully lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or
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 herein-before been declared unlawful; or
shall knowingly and wilfully become guarantee or security, or 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 herein-before been declared unlawful, or in
any other manner to engage or to contract to engage directly or indirectly
therein as a partner, agent, or otherwise; or shall knowingly and wilfully
ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on board, or 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 objects and
contracts have herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall take the charge
or command, or navigate, or enter and embark on board, or 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, surgeon, or
supercargo, 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 herein-before been declared unlawful; or shall knowingly and
wilfully insure or contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any property or
other subject matter engaged or employed in accomplishing any of the objects,
or the contracts in relation to the objects, which objects and contracts have
herein-before been declared unlawful; ... then and in every such case the
person or persons so offending, [shall be guilty of a misdemeanour and shall
be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years].

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