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• Slave Trade Act 1807 — The Slave Trade Act (citation 47 Geo III Sess. 1 c. 36 ) was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed on 25 March, 1807, with the long title An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade . The original act is in the… …   Wikipedia

• SLAVE TRADE — Jews engaged in the slave trade – although they never played a prominent role in it – from the early Middle Ages to the early modern period. While it was not proscribed to pagans, none of the three monotheistic religions either prohibited slavery …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• slave trade — /ˈsleɪv treɪd/ (say slayv trayd) noun 1. (also upper case) (from the 16th to 19th century) the transport of people from Africa to America to be sold as slaves. 2. any commercial trading in slaves. Also, slave traffic. –slave trader, noun –slave… …  

• Slave Trade —    For most of the nineteenth century a commerce in human misery was in steady decline among the imperial powers. The Atlantic slave trade during the sixteenth century was initially established by Spain and Portugal for the transport of enslaved… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

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• Slave Trade Act of 1794 — The Slave Trade Act of 1794 was a law passed by the United States Congress that limited American involvement in the trade of human cargo. This was the first of several acts of Congress that later stopped the importation of slaves to the United… …   Wikipedia

• Slave Trade Compromise and Fugitive Slave Clause — The Framers debated over the extent to which slavery would be included, permitted, or prohibited in the United States Constitution. In the end, they created a document of compromise that represented the interests of the nation as they knew it and …   Wikipedia

• Slave Lake, Alberta — Infobox Settlement official name = Town of Slave Lake other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Town motto = imagesize = image caption = Mainstreet Slave Lake flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo =… …   Wikipedia

• slave trade — the business or process of procuring, transporting, and selling slaves, esp. black Africans to the New World prior to the mid 19th century. [1725 35] * * * Capturing, selling, and buying of slaves. Slavery has existed throughout the world from… …   Universalium