Title

An act to prohibit for two years after the conclusion of the present session of Parliament..., 1806. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

An act to prohibit for two years after the conclusion of the present session of Parliament: any ships to clear out from any port of Great Britain, for the coast of Africa, for the purpose of taking on board Negroes, unless such ships shall have been previously employed in the African trade, or contracted for, for that purpose, 1806-07-21. British legal document.

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Reference

HRM23A18_425

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Keywords

library politics industry country law trade British color industrial political text location century Colonial Britain document legislation B&W act slavery lettering public library MONOCHROME United States of America Colour shipping Industry 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black New York Public Library nineteenth century NYPL heritage American America USA colonialism imperialism slave trade united states Unknown King George III George III George cultural heritage Black History King of Great Britain Triangular trade Heritage Art triangle trade 19th-century Eyre Administrative acts George Eyre and Andrew Strahan