Slave Act may refer to:
- The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793, a law passed by the United States Congress.
- The Slave Trade Act of 1794, a law passed by the United States Congress.
- The Slave Trade Act 1807, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
- The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, a United States federal law from 1807.
- The Slave Compensation Act 1837, an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
- The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, a law passed by the United States Congress.
Famous quotes containing the words slave and/or act:
“I have stopped smoking now and then, for a few months at a time, but it was not on principle, it was only to show off; it was to pulverize those critics who said I was a slave to my habits and couldn’t break my bonds.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“All in all, the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act. This becomes even more obvious when posterity gives its final verdict and sometimes rehabilitates forgotten artists.”
—Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968)