SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 2 The purchase, sale, or contract for slaves declared unlawful; as also the exportation and importation of slaves;

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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 2

The purchase, sale, or contract for slaves declared unlawful; as also the exportation and importation of slaves;

2. It shall not be lawful 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; 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, retaining, 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 place whatsoever as or in order to
their being dealt with as slaves; or to fit out, man, navigate, equip,
despatch, use, employ, let, or take to freight or on hire, or to 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 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 herein-before 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 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 to ship, tranship, lade, receive, or to 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 objects and contracts have herein-before 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, super-cargo, 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 herein-before been declared
unlawful; or to insure or to contract for the insuring of any slaves, or any
property, or other subject matter, engaged 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 herein-before been
declared unlawful.

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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 2