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From before Roman times, slavery was prevalent in Britain, with indigenous Britons being routinely exported. Following the Roman conquest of Britain, slavery was expanded and industrialised. After the fall of Roman Britain, both the Angles and Saxons propagated the slave system.
- Slave Trade Act 1807
Between 1801 and 1807, they took a further 266,000. The...
- Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the...
- History of slavery
Whitehall in England announced in 1833 that slaves in...
- Slavery
In Britain, slavery continued to be practiced following the...
- Slave Trade Act 1807
As part of the act, slavery was abolished in most British colonies which resulted in around 800,000 slaves being freed in the Caribbean as well as South Africa and a small amount in Canada.
Slavery Abolition Act, act of the British Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada.
Jul 3, 2020 · If we hear at all about Britain’s involvement in slavery, there’s often a slight whiff of self-congratulation – for abolishing it in 1833, 32 years ahead of the US, where the legacy of ...