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An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery

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5661280


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Title

An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery

Collection

Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection

Names

Great Britain. Parliament (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1837-12-23
Place: London
Publisher: printed by George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 1 Folder 11

Subjects

Slavery
Slave trade
Abolitionists
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Abolition movement
Antislavery movements
Slaveholders -- Colonies -- Great Britain
Compensation (Law)

Genres

Administrative Acts

Physical Description

Extent: Disbound. 19x31 cm.

Abstract

An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act passed in the third and fourth years of his present Majesty, for compensating owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery. An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 30552317
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20843916
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6b5b4730-9d31-0133-4e42-00505686d14e

Rights

The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Type Of Resource

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Date Issued

1837-12-23

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1837. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b5b4730-9d31-0133-4e42-00505686d14e

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1837). An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b5b4730-9d31-0133-4e42-00505686d14e

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "An act to carry into further execution the provisions of an act for completing the full payment of compensation to owners of slaves upon the abolition of slavery" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6b5b4730-9d31-0133-4e42-00505686d14e

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