Slavery Abolition Act 1843

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The Slavery Abolition Act 1843 was a follow-up piece of British legislation that refined and extended the legal framework for ending slavery in the British Empire after the initial 1833 abolition act.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom legislation
appliesToJurisdiction British Empire
chronologyWithinTopic post-emancipation legislation in the British Empire
country United Kingdom
fieldOfLaw colonial law
human rights law
labour law
follows Slavery Abolition Act 1833
hasEffect clarified provisions of earlier abolition legislation
further regulated the legal end of slavery in the British Empire
hasPurpose extend legal framework for ending slavery in the British Empire
refine legal framework for ending slavery in the British Empire
language English
legalForm statute
legalSubject emancipation
slavery
legislativeBody British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
locatedInLegalSystem English law
motivatedBy abolitionist movement in Britain
partOf British anti-slavery legislation
relatedTo Slavery Abolition Act 1833
abolitionism in the United Kingdom
history of slavery in the British Empire
temporalContext 19th century

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Slavery Abolition Act 1833 relatedLaterLegislation Slavery Abolition Act 1843