Slave Trade Act 1873

c. 88) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated all treaties for supression of the slave trade, with some amendments.

The Slave Trade (Consolidation) Bill had its first reading in the House of Lords on 1 July 1873, introduced by Robert Haldane-Duncan, 3rd Earl of Camperdown.

[1] The bill had its second reading in the House of Lords on 7 July 1873 and was committed to a committee of the whole house,[1] which met and reported on 8 July 1873, without amendments.

[1] The bill had its third reading in the House of Lords on 31 July 1873 and passed, without amendments.

[2] The amended bill was considered and agreed to by the House of Lords on 2 August 1873.