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William Dolben

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William Dolben

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Dolben Act regulates conditions aboard British slave ships

📅 11 July 1788

Parliament passed the Dolben Act, setting limits on the number of enslaved Africans carried on British ships and requiring a surgeon aboard. The act responded to public pressure and exposed the lethal...