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SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition
of the Slave Trade.{1}
[24th June 1824]
Preamble rep. by SLR 1890

S.1 rep. by 1873 c.88 s.30, sch.2

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.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 3
Penalty for dealing in slaves, or exporting or importing them, &c.

3. If any persons shall deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter,
or transfer, or contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase,
sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be
dealt with as slaves; or shall carry away or remove or contract
for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as
or in order to their being dealt with as slaves; or shall import
or bring or 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 shall ship, tranship, embark, receive,
detain, or confine on board, or 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 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 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;
then and in every such case the persons so offending, ..., shall
forfeit and pay for every such offence the sum of one hundred
pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for each and every slave
so dealt or traded in, purchased, sold, bartered, or transferred,
carried away, removed, imported, brought, shipped, transhipped,
embarked, received, detained, or confined on board, or so contracted
for as aforesaid; the one moiety thereof to the use of His
Majesty, and the other moiety to the use of any person who shall
inform, sue, and prosecute for the same; and all property or
pretended property in such slaves or persons as aforesaid shall also
be forfeited, and the said slaves or persons shall and may be
seized and prosecuted as herein-after is mentioned and provided.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 4
Ships fitted out for slave trade to be forfeited.

4. If any persons shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch,
use, employ, let or take to freight or on hire, or 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, such ship, vessel, or
boat, together with all her boats, guns, tackle, apparel, and
furniture, and together likewise with all property, goods, or effects
found on board belonging to the owner or owners, part owner or
part owners of any ship, vessel, or boat, shall become forfeited,
and may and shall be seized and prosecuted as herein-after is
mentioned and provided.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 5
Penalty for embarking capital in the slave trade, &c.

5. If any persons shall knowingly and wilfully lend or advance, or
become security for the loan or advance, or shall 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, then and in every such case the persons so
offending, ..., shall forfeit and pay for every such offence double
the value of all the money, goods, and effects so lent, advanced,
or secured or so contracted for as aforesaid, to be recovered and
applied as is herein-after mentioned and provided.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 6
Penalty for guaranteeing slave adventures.

6. If any persons shall knowingly and wilfully become guarantee or
security, or 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 shall in
any other manner engage or contract to engage directly or indirectly
therein as a partner, agent, or otherwise, then and in every such
case the persons so offending, ..., shall forfeit and pay for every
such offence double the value of all the money, goods, and effects
so by them secured or contracted so to be as aforesaid, to be
recovered and applied as is herein-after mentioned and provided.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 7
Penalty for shipping goods, &c. to be employed in the slave trade.

7. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully ship, tranship, lade,
receive, or put on board, or contract for the shipping,
transhipping, lading, receiving, or putting on board of any ship,
vessel, or boat, any 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, then and in every such case the persons so
offending, ..., shall forfeit and pay for every such offence double
the value of all the money, goods, and effects so shipped,
transhipped, laden, received, or put on board, or contracted so to
be as aforesaid, to be recovered and applied as is herein-after
mentioned and provided.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 8
Penalty for insuring slaves or slave adventures.

8. If any person shall knowingly and wilfully insure or 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, then and in every such case the person so
offending, ..., shall forfeit and pay for every such offence the
sum of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Great Britain for
every such insurance or contract for the same, and also treble the
amount of the premium of any such insurance or contract for the
same, the one moiety thereof to the use of His Majesty, and the
other moiety to the use of any person who shall inform, sue, and
prosecute for the same, and every such insurance shall be absolutely
null and void.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 9
Subjects of His Majesty, &c. dealing in slaves on the high seas,
&c. to be deemed guilty of piracy.

9. If any subject or subjects of His Majesty, or any person or
persons residing or being within any of the dominions, forts,
settlements, factories, or territories now or hereafter belonging to
His Majesty, or being in His Majesty's occupation or possession, or
under the government of the United Company of Merchants of England
trading to the East Indies, shall, upon the high seas, or in any
haven, river, creek, or place where the admiral has jurisdiction,
knowingly and wilfully carry away, convey, or remove or aid, or
assist in carrying away, conveying, or removing, any person or
persons as a slave or slaves, or for the purpose of his, her, or
their being imported or brought as a slave or slaves into any
island, colony, country, territory, or place whatsoever, or for the
purpose of his, her, or their being sold, transferred, used, or
dealt with as a slave or slaves, or shall upon the high seas, or
within the jurisdiction aforesaid, knowingly and wilfully ship,
embark, receive, detain, or confine, or assist in shipping,
embarking, receiving, detaining, or confining, on board any ship,
vessel, or boat, any person or persons for the purpose of his,
her, or their being carried away, conveyed, or removed as a slave
or slaves, or for the purpose of his, her, or their being imported
or brought as a slave or slaves into any island, colony, country,
territory, or place whatsoever, or for the purpose of his, her, or
their being sold, transferred, used, or dealt with as a slave or
slaves, then and in every such case the person or persons so
offending shall be deemed and adjudged guilty of [a misdemeanour,
and shall be liable to imprisonment for life].

....

Persons dealing in slaves or removing or exporting or importing
slaves;

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 10

10. If any persons shall deal or trade in, purchase, sell, barter,
or transfer, or contract for the dealing or trading in, purchase,
sale, barter, or transfer of slaves, or persons intended to be
dealt with as slaves, or shall carry away or remove, or contract
for the carrying away or removing of slaves or other persons, as
or in order to their being dealt with as slaves, or shall import
or bring, or 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 shall ship, tranship, embark, receive,
detain, or confine on board, or 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 carried away or removed, as or in order to
their being dealt with as slaves; or shall ship, tranship, embark,
receive, detain, or confine on board, or 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
shall fit out, man, navigate, equip, despatch, use, employ, let or
take to freight or on hire, or 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 shall knowingly and wilfully
lend or advance, or become security for the loan or advance, or
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 shall knowingly and wilfully
become guarantee or security, or 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 shall
knowingly and wilfully ship, tranship, lade, receive, or put on
board, or 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 shall take the charge
or command, or navigate, or enter and embark on board, or 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, surgeon, or supercargo, 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 shall knowingly and wilfully insure or contract
for the insuring of any slaves, or any property or other subject
matter 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; ... then and in
every such case the person or persons so offending, [shall be
guilty of a misdemeanour and shall be liable to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding fourteen years].

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 11
Seamen, &c. serving on board such ships declared guilty of a
misdemeanor, &c.

11. If any persons shall enter and embark on board, or contract
for the entering and embarking on board of any ship, vessel, or
boat, as petty officer, seaman, marine, or servant, or in any other
capacity not herein-before specifically mentioned, 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
enter and embark on board, 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, then and in every such
case the persons so offending ..., shall be and they are hereby
declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor only, and shall be punished
by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 12
Making any offence, misdemeanor, shall not affect the provisions of
this Act imposing forfeitures or penalties for any such offence.

12. Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained, making ...
misdemeanors of the several offences aforesaid, shall be construed to
repeal, annul, or alter the provisions and enactments in this Act
also contained, imposing forfeitures and penalties or either of them
upon the same offences, or to repeal, annul, or alter the remedies
given for the recovery thereof; but that the said provisions and
enactments imposing forfeitures and penalties shall in all respects
be deemed and taken to be in full force, ....

Ss.1338 rep. by 1873 c.88 s.30 sch.2

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 39
All securities given in contravention of this Act void.

39. Every mortgage, bond, bill, note, or other security, made in or
to accomplish any of the objects or the contracts in relation to
the objects, which objects and contracts have by this Act been
declared unlawful, shall, except in the case of a bona8 fide
purchaser or holder of any such of the said securities as are in
their nature negotiable, who may have purchased or obtained the same
without notice that the same were made or given for any such
unlawful purposes, be void.

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 40
Offenders giving information against owners of vessels, &c. to be
exempted from penalties.

40. Provided always, that if any person or persons offending as a
petty officer, seaman, marine, or servant, against any of the
provisions of this Act, shall, within two years after the offence
committed, give information on oath before any competent magistrate
against any owner or part owner, or any captain, master, mate,
surgeon, or supercargo of any ship or vessel, who shall have
committed any offence against this Act, and shall give evidence on
oath against such owner or part owner, captain, master, mate,
surgeon, or supercargo, before any magistrate or court before whom
such offender may be tried; or if such person or persons so
offending shall give information to any of His Majesty's ambassadors,
ministers plenipotentiary, envoys, charge9s d'affaires, consuls,
residents, or other agents, so that any person or persons owning
such ship or vessel, or navigating or taking charge of the same,
as captain, master, mate, surgeon, or supercargo, may be apprehended;
such person or persons so giving information and evidence shall not
be liable to any of the pains or penalties under this Act incurred
in respect of his offence, and His Majesty's ambassadors, ministers
plenipotentiary, envoys, charge9s d'affaires, consuls, residents, or
other agents, are hereby required to receive any such information as
aforesaid, and to transmit the particulars thereof, without delay, to
one of His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, and to transmit
copies of the same to the commanders of His Majesty's ships or
vessels then being in the said port or place.

Ss.4146 rep. by 1873 c.88 s.30 sch.2

SLAVE TRADE ACT 1824 - SECT 47
Limitation of suits, &c. for penalties and forfeitures.

47. All actions, suits, bills, indictments, or informations, for the
recovery of any of the penalties or forfeitures under this Act, may
be commenced, had, brought, sued, exhibited, or prosecuted at any
time within five years after the offence committed, by reason
whereof such penalty or forfeiture shall be incurred: Provided
always, that where any slave or slaves have been, or shall at any
time have been illegally imported, nothing herein contained shall
extend to prevent proceeding being commenced to obtain the
condemnation or forfeiture thereof, but that the said slave or
slaves so illegally imported shall and may be condemned and
forfeited at any time after such illegal importation.

Ss.4882 rep. by 1873 c.88 s.30 sch.2






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