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GREAT BRITAIN.
An Act to Prevent the Importation of Slaves, by any of
His Majesty’s Subjects, into any Islands, Colonies, Plantations, and or Territories
belonging to any Foreign Sovereign, State, or Power.
Fourteen pages folio; stitching
gone.
London, 23 May, 1806
[600/900]
This act was meant to reinforce the order of 15 August 1805 (the previous lot) enacted during
the Napoleonic War, but added considerably to it, seemingly in preparation for the Act of
1807. Some clauses seem to be more accommodating to slave-owners to move slaves around,
provided they procure a special license. However, the general tenor of the act is virtually the
same as the final one of 1807 with certain exceptions which appear to be allowing the owners
of large estates as well as merchants to prepare for the ban.
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SLAVERY IN COURT. FREDERICK COUNTY, MD.
Grand inquest “for
Harbouring Negro Slaves and encouraging them to resist.”
Oblong 8vo manu-
script leaf, written on one side and docketed on the reverse.
Frederick County, 1806
[400/600]
”We the Grand Inquest for county afd. do present Michael Brinkman of said county for har-
bouring slaves and encouraging them to resist, Jacob Kiler (Constable) in the execution of his
office, on the twenty-sixth day of Dec. last, by information the said Jacob Kiler (and Basil
Wood of Charles). P. Mantz, Foreman.” Original documents at the University of Maryland
show that Michael Brinkman was found guilty of aiding runaways. Both Michael and his wife
Martha were members of the Lutheran Church and obviously active abolitionists.
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