British Slave Trade Is Ended by Parliament
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Economics
- Subcategories: Trade, Commerce, Slavery, Slaves, Human Rights, Abolition movement, Abolitionists, Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History
- Geographical Location: England
- Date: March 25, 1807
Article abstract: The British slave trade is ended by Parliament, helping to reduce the slave trade worldwide and influencing the enactment of other laws that end the illicit trading of slaves in Great Britain.
Summary of Event
The act to abolish the British slave trade in 1807 represented efforts that had been initiated as early as 1787, when William Wilberforce introduced a bill in Parliament to abolish the British slave trade. The 1807 Act was passed largely because of the efforts of William Wilberforce, Granville Sharp, and Thomas Clarkson. This act...
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