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:
“There is between sleep and us something like a pact, a treaty with no secret clauses, and according to this convention it is agreed that, far from being a dangerous, bewitching force, sleep will become domesticated and serve as an instrument of our power to act. We surrender to sleep, but in the way that the master entrusts himself to the slave who serves him.”
—Maurice Blanchot (b. 1907)
“The experience of a sense of guilt for wrong-doing is necessary for the development of self-control. The guilt feelings will later serve as a warning signal which the child can produce himself when an impulse to repeat the naughty act comes over him. When the child can produce his on warning signals, independent of the actual presence of the adult, he is on the way to developing a conscience.”
—Selma H. Fraiberg (20th century)