SLAVERY. 3 Printed documents: “Law on the Suppression of the - Lot 481

SLAVERY. 3 Printed documents: “Law on the Suppression of the Slave Trade. ” April 25, 1827. Bulletin of Laws No. 155 + “Royal Ordinance prescribing the publication of the Convention concluded on July 26, 1834, between France, Great Britain, and Denmark, for the Accession of the latter Power to the Conventions signed between France and Great Britain, with the aim of ensuring the suppression of the Slave Trade.” followed by other Ordinances—Bulletin des lois, 16 pages, in-8° + Law No. 13744, page 2 on the composition of the Criminal Courts in the Colonies, for the adjudication of crimes committed against slaves—At the Tuileries Palace, August 9, 1847—Printed in 48 pages, in-8°, with other laws—(2 articles) “…In the colonies of Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, and Bourbon, free individuals accused of crimes against slaves, and slaves accused of crimes against free persons, shall be brought before a criminal court…”

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