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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color: #ededed"><i>Act Against Slavery</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Image of the first two pages of the Act Against Slavery, taken from the statute volume" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg/220px-An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg/330px-An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg/440px-An_Act_Against_Slavery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1520" data-file-height="996" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Text of the Act Against Slavery<i></i></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Upper_Canada" title="Parliament of Upper Canada">Parliament of Upper Canada</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; font-weight:normal;background:transparent;text-align:center;"><div style="margin: 0 4em"><b><a href="/wiki/Long_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Long title">Long title</a></b></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">An Act to prevent the further introduction of Slaves, and to limit the Term of contracts for Servitude within this Province </div> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citation</th><td class="infobox-data">Statutes of Upper Canada 1793 (33 Geo. III), c. 7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">July 9, 1793</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Related legislation</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807" title="Slave Trade Act 1807">Slave Trade Act 1807</a> (United Kingdom); <a href="/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833" title="Slavery Abolition Act 1833">Slavery Abolition Act 1833</a> (United Kingdom)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color:#FFCCCC;"><b>Status:</b> <a href="/wiki/Spent_enactment" title="Spent enactment">Spent</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <i><b>Act Against Slavery</b></i> was an anti-slavery law passed on July 9, 1793, in the <a href="/wiki/1st_Parliament_of_Upper_Canada" title="1st Parliament of Upper Canada">second legislative session</a> of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper Canada</a>, the colonial division of <a href="/wiki/British_North_America" title="British North America">British North America</a> that would eventually become <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistorica-Dominion_Institutenda_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistorica-Dominion_Institutenda-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It banned the importation of slaves and mandated that children born henceforth to female slaves would be freed upon reaching the age of 25. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Act_Against_Slavery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe" title="John Graves Simcoe">John Graves Simcoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Upper_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada">Lieutenant Governor</a> of the colony, had been a supporter of abolition before coming to Upper Canada; as a British <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>, he had described slavery as an offence against <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011a_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBode1993_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBode1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1792 the slave population in Upper Canada was not large. However, when compared with the number of free settlers, the number was not insignificant. In <a href="/wiki/York,_Upper_Canada" title="York, Upper Canada">York</a> (the present-day city of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>) there were 15 African-Canadians living, while in <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec</a> some 1000 slaves could be found. Furthermore, by the time the Act Against Slavery would be ratified, the number of slaves residing in Upper Canada had been significantly increased by the arrival of Loyalist refugees from the south who brought with them servants and slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilsonnd_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilsonnd-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the inaugural meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Upper_Canada" title="Executive Council of Upper Canada">Executive Council of Upper Canada</a> in March 1793, Simcoe heard from a witness the story of <a href="/wiki/Chloe_Cooley" title="Chloe Cooley">Chloe Cooley</a>, a female slave who had been violently removed from Canada for sale in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Simcoe's desire to abolish slavery in Upper Canada was resisted by members of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Upper_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada">Legislative Assembly</a> who owned slaves, and therefore the resulting act was a compromise.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011a_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011a-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of the text is due to <a href="/wiki/John_White_(Frontenac_County)" title="John White (Frontenac County)">John White</a>, the Attorney General of the day. Of the 16 members of the assembly, at least six owned slaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2010_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor2010-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The law, titled <i>An Act to Prevent the further Introduction of Slaves and to limit the Term of Contracts for Servitude within this Province</i>, stated that while all slaves in the province would remain enslaved until death, no new slaves could be brought into Upper Canada, and children born to female slaves after passage of the act would be freed at the age of 25.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECBC_Newsnd_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECBC_Newsnd-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This law made Upper Canada "the first jurisdiction in the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> to pass a law freeing slaves".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2010_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor2010-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJean2007_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJean2007-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Act <a href="/wiki/Coming_into_force" class="mw-redirect" title="Coming into force">remained in force</a> until 1833 when the <a href="/wiki/British_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="British Parliament">British Parliament</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavery Abolition Act">Slavery Abolition Act</a></i> abolished slavery in most parts of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Act_Against_Slavery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1798, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Robinson_(Upper_Canada_politician)" title="Christopher Robinson (Upper Canada politician)">Christopher Robinson</a> introduced a bill in the Legislative Assembly to allow the importation of additional slaves. The bill was passed by the Assembly, but was stalled by the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_Upper_Canada" title="Legislative Council of Upper Canada">Legislative Council</a> and died at the end of <a href="/wiki/2nd_Parliament_of_Upper_Canada" title="2nd Parliament of Upper Canada">the session</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBode1993_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBode1993-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thousands of <a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians" title="Black Canadians">Black Canadians</a> volunteered to serve in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_1812" title="War of 1812">War of 1812</a>. In 1819, <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ontario" title="Attorney General of Ontario">Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Robinson,_1st_Baronet,_of_Toronto" title="Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto">John Robinson</a> (son of Christopher) declared that by residing in Canada, black residents were set free, and that Canadian courts would protect their freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHistorica-Dominion_Institutend_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHistorica-Dominion_Institutend-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Act_Against_Slavery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="38" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/57px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/76px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a> has original text related to this article: <div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Upper_Canadian_Act_Against_Slavery" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Upper Canadian Act Against Slavery">Upper Canadian Act Against Slavery</a></b></div></div></div> </div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_Canada" title="Slavery in Canada">Slavery in Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Canadians" title="Black Canadians">Black Canadians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Black_Historical_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Black Historical Museum">North American Black Historical Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act" title="Slave Trade Act">Slave Acts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citations">Citations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Act_Against_Slavery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2010_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor2010_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFTaylor2010">Taylor 2010</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECBC_Newsnd-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECBC_Newsnd_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCBC_Newsnd">CBC News nd</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJean2007-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJean2007_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJean2007">Jean 2007</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEArchives_of_Ontario2011_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFArchives_of_Ontario2011">Archives of Ontario 2011</a>.</span> </li> <li 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