Slave Trade Act 1788

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Great Britain
Long title	An Act to regulate, for a limited Time, the shipping and carrying Slaves in British Vessels from the Coast of Africa.
Citation	28 Geo. 3. c. 54
Dates
Royal assent	11 July 1788
Other legislation
Repealed by	Statute Law Revision Act 1871
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Slave Trade Act 1788, also known as the Regulated Slave Trade Act 1788 or Dolben's Act, was an Act of Parliament that limited the number of enslaved people that British slave ships could transport, based on the ships' tons burthen (bm). It was the first British legislation enacted to regulate slave shipping.^[1]