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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)



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