Slave Trade Act 1807
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The Slave Trade Act 1807, or the Abolition of Slave Trade Act 1807, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the Atlantic slave trade in the British Empire. Although it did not a
William Wilberforce, the leader of the British campaign to abolish the slave trade.
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville by Sir Thomas Lawrence
Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion created as part of anti-slavery campaign by Josiah Wedgwood, 1787.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which abolished slavery in the British Empire by way of compensated emancipation. The act was legislated by Whig Prime
Slave Trade Act 1807
…English law and that position was confirmed in Somerset's case in 1772, but it remained legal in most of the British Empire until the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73). As British historian Martin Meredith writes, "In the decade between 1791 and 1800, British ships made about 1,340 voyages across…
Grey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne, in remembrance of Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, abolisher of slavery in the British Empire