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This Act abolished the Marcher Lordships and established the County of Monmouth, combining the Lordships east of the Usk with Newport ( Gwynllŵg or Wentloog) and Caerleon to the west of it. In the 19th and 20th centuries, writers again began using the name 'Gwent' in a romantic literary way to describe Monmouthshire.
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May 23, 2018 · It was formed in 1974 from most of Monmouthshire, part of Breconshire, and Newport. In 1996 Gwent was abolished and Monmouthshire was reconstituted with new boundaries and four new county boroughs, including Blaenau Gwent. World Encyclopedia. *Gwent [1].*.
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Timeline of major events related to abolitionism, which sought to end the transatlantic slave trade and to free enslaved persons in western Europe and the Americas. The movement arose in the late 18th century and was spearheaded by such figures as William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
A town grew up around it and in 1198, Newport passed into the hands of Prince John. Newport received its first charter in 1314. Throughout the 14th century, the town seems to have been frequently involved in unrest and land disputes. At any rate, the lordship of Newport changed hands at a rapid rate.
Aug 9, 2007 · March 19 (Reuters) - Britain marks 200 years on March 25 since it enacted a law banning the trans-Atlantic slave trade, although full abolition of slavery did not follow for another generation....
It frequently occurred sequentially in more than one stage – for example, as abolition of the trade in slaves in a specific country, and then as abolition of slavery throughout empires. Each step was usually the result of a separate law or action. This timeline shows abolition laws or actions listed chronologically.
During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, east European serfdom matured and approached its climax; by the mid-nineteenth century it had declined and was abolished.
