Act Against Slavery

Act Against Slavery
Image of the first two pages of the Act Against Slavery, taken from the statute volume
Text of the Act Against Slavery
Parliament of Upper Canada
  • An Act to prevent the further introduction of Slaves, and to limit the Term of contracts for Servitude within this Province
CitationStatutes of Upper Canada 1793 (33 Geo. III), c. 7
Royal assentJuly 9, 1793
Related legislation
Slave Trade Act 1807 (United Kingdom); Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (United Kingdom)
Status: Spent

The Act Against Slavery was an anti-slavery law passed on July 9, 1793, in the second legislative session of Upper Canada, the colonial division of British North America that would eventually become Ontario.[1] It banned the importation of slaves and mandated that children born henceforth to female slaves would be freed upon reaching the age of 25.

  1. ^ Historica-Dominion Institute nda.