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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.

Title
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.
Author
Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)
Publication
[London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1806]

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no. 1-4TextUse in library Sc Rare+ F 09-5 no. 1-4Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives
Box 1TextUse in library Sc Rare Lapidus Collection Box 1Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives

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Description
p. [1137]-1139; 31 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Anno quadragesimo sexto Georgii III. Regis. Cap. CXIX
  • 46⁰ Georgii III. Cap. 119
Subjects
Note
  • This is an important Act. It forbidding for the first time the employment of any new vessel in the slave trade.
  • Caption title.
  • "21st July 1806."
  • Title from caption.
  • Imprint from colophon.
  • Side notes.
  • Woodcut headpiece, incorporating royal arms with the mottos : "Dieu et mon droit" and "Honi soit qui mal y pense."
Source (note)
  • of Sidney Lapidus;
Binding (note)
  • Copy in SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 1 Folder 13 unbound.
Call Number
Sc Rare+ F 09-5, no. 1
OCLC
460678148
Author
Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III)
Title
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.
Imprint
[London : Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1806]
Binding
Copy in SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 1 Folder 13 unbound. NN
Source
Gift; of Sidney Lapidus; 2015. MG 905.b1f10 Copy in Schomburg Center, Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books
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Running Title
46⁰ Georgii III. Cap. 119
Research Call Number
Sc Rare+ F 09-5, no. 1
SC Rare Lapidus Collection Box 1 Folder 13
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