When the emancipation of slaves took place in 1833, the government paid compensation under the Emancipation Act to their owners.

The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 allowed Catholics to hold national office for the first time in almost three hundred years.

As governor, he succeeded in passing the Gradual Emancipation Act in 1799.

Now, with the Emancipation Act, there seemed some chance for relief from the never-ending burden of caring for the blacks.

Their land had been given to them or their fathers more than thirty years ago with the Emancipation Act in exchange for a certain amount of work.

Parliament passed the Catholic Emancipation Act, giving Catholics almost equal civil rights, including the right to vote and to hold most public offices.

On July 31, 1834 the Emancipation Act came into effect.

There has been a church here since 1831, erected shortly after the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, but proved to be too small.

After the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, the order began to re-organise more openly in Ireland.

The Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 allowed Catholics to practice their religion once again.