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The Black Act (9 Geo. 1 c. 22), was an Act
Act of Parliament

An act of Parliament is a statute wikt:enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. It is broadly equivalent to an act of Congress in the United States....
 of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
 passed in 1723 during the reign King George I of Great Britain
George I of Great Britain

George I was List of British Monarchs#House of Hanover and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Electorate of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
 in response to the Waltham
Waltham Chase

Waltham Chase is a village in Hampshire, England, neighbouring the village of Bishop's Waltham.The village comprises about 2 sq. kilometres of land to the south-east of Bishop's Waltham....
 deer poachers and a group of bandits known as the 'Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
 Blacks'. It made it a felony
Felony

A felony is a serious crime in the United States and previously other common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors....
 (that is, a hanging offence) to appear armed in a park or warren, or to hunt or steal deer, with the face blackened or disguised. The Act was later amended to deal with protesters outside the royal forests and chases, becoming a brutal adjunct to the Riot Act
Riot Act

The Riot Act was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised Local government in the United Kingdom to declare any group of more than twelve people to be unlawfully assembled, and thus have to disperse or face punitive action....
 of 1715.






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The Black Act (9 Geo. 1 c. 22), was an Act
Act of Parliament

An act of Parliament is a statute wikt:enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. It is broadly equivalent to an act of Congress in the United States....
 of the Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain

The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in 1707 following the ratification of the Act of Union 1707 by both the Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland....
 passed in 1723 during the reign King George I of Great Britain
George I of Great Britain

George I was List of British Monarchs#House of Hanover and King of Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of Electorate of Hanover in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698....
 in response to the Waltham
Waltham Chase

Waltham Chase is a village in Hampshire, England, neighbouring the village of Bishop's Waltham.The village comprises about 2 sq. kilometres of land to the south-east of Bishop's Waltham....
 deer poachers and a group of bandits known as the 'Wokingham
Wokingham

Wokingham is a small market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England England approximately 33 miles west of London. It is east-southeast of Reading, Berkshire and west of Bracknell....
 Blacks'. It made it a felony
Felony

A felony is a serious crime in the United States and previously other common law countries. The term originates from English common law where felonies were originally crimes which involved the confiscation of a convicted person's land and goods; other crimes were called misdemeanors....
 (that is, a hanging offence) to appear armed in a park or warren, or to hunt or steal deer, with the face blackened or disguised. The Act was later amended to deal with protesters outside the royal forests and chases, becoming a brutal adjunct to the Riot Act
Riot Act

The Riot Act was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised Local government in the United Kingdom to declare any group of more than twelve people to be unlawfully assembled, and thus have to disperse or face punitive action....
 of 1715. The Black Act was repealed in 1827. Subsequent acts inflicting heavy penalties for malicious injuries to livestock and machinery have also been called black acts.

See also

  • Riot Act
    Riot Act

    The Riot Act was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised Local government in the United Kingdom to declare any group of more than twelve people to be unlawfully assembled, and thus have to disperse or face punitive action....


Further reading

  • E. P. Thompson
    E. P. Thompson

    Edward Palmer Thompson , was an England historian, Socialism and peace campaigner. He is probably best known today for his historical work on the British radical movements in the late-18th and early-19th centuries, in particular his book The Making of the English Working Class , but he also published influential biographies of William M...
    , Whigs and hunters: the origin of the Black Act, London : Allen Lane, 1975 [ISBN 0-7139-0991-9]


External links

  • from The Newgate Calendar
    The Newgate Calendar

    The Newgate Calendar, subtitled The Malefactors' Bloody Register, was a popular work of improving literature in the 18th and 19th centuries....