Talk:Act Against Slavery

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This article was nominated for deletion on 24 July 2005. The result of the discussion was keep.

Perhaps part of this should be moved to WikiSource. --Xiao Li 2005-06-09

[edit] Complete prohibition?

"In 1793, under the administration of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe, legislation (the Act Against Slavery) was passed in Upper Canada that allowed for gradual abolition: slaves already in the province would remain enslaved until death, no new slaves could be brought into Upper Canada, and children born to female slaves would be freed at age 25." -from Slavery in Canada. By this description, this law was a little more complex than described in the article. The two entries should be reconciled. Padraic · talk 00:45, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree, and I've done so. I left the detail about third generation slaves just in this entry, though (since the other article links here). mvc 16:00, 20 August 2007 (UTC)