Statements (26)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:legislation
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gptkbp:amended_by |
Act of 1803
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gptkbp:associated_with |
John Graves Simcoe's governorship
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:date_enacted |
1793
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gptkbp:enacted_by |
gptkb:John_Graves_Simcoe
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gptkbp:established |
freedom for enslaved individuals who reached Upper Canada
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gptkbp:historical_context |
post-American Revolution era
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Simcoe's Act of 1793
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gptkbp:impact |
led to gradual abolition of slavery in Canada
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gptkbp:influenced |
future Canadian legislation on slavery
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gptkbp:influenced_by |
British abolitionist movements
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gptkbp:inspired |
subsequent anti-slavery activists in Canada
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gptkbp:is_discussed_in |
Canadian history textbooks
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gptkbp:is_opposed_by |
slave owners in Upper Canada
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gptkbp:is_supported_by |
Loyalists in Canada
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gptkbp:legacy |
symbol of early anti-slavery efforts in Canada
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gptkbp:part_of |
Canadian legal history
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gptkbp:purpose |
to promote anti-slavery measures
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gptkbp:recognized_by |
historical societies in Canada
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gptkbp:related_to |
gptkb:British_North_America_Act
gptkb:Upper_Canada |
gptkbp:repealed_by |
Act to Amend the Act of 1793
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gptkbp:significance |
first legislative act against slavery in Upper Canada
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gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:John_Simcoe
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
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