Like many things in history, it is difficult to ascribe events to particular outcomes. Instead, we see general trends leading to an outcome with specific actions often resukting from some small catalyst. read more
The slave trade being abolished in 1807 has to be placed against a long campaign by Evangelicals and Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as rebellions in the slave owning colonies in the Caribbean (such as Barbados and Jamaica) and places like Demerara. read more
In July 1833, a Bill to abolish slavery throughout the British Empire passed in the House of Commons, followed by the House of Lords on 1st August. read more
The Slave Trade Act 1807, officially An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the slave trade in the British Empire. Although it did not abolish the practice of slavery, it did encourage British action to press other nations states to abolish their own slave trades. read more