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An abolitionist movement grew in Britain during the 18th and 19th century, until the Slave Trade Act 1807 pretended to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire, but it was not until 1937 that the trade of slaves was made illegal throughout the British Empire, with Nigeria and Bahrain being the last British territories to abolish slavery.
The British government continued its proactive law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking. [23] The UK prohibited all forms of trafficking through the Sexual Offences Act 2003 , [ 24 ] the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 and the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 . [ 25 ]
Slave hunter goes after an escaped General-turned-slave in this South Korean 24-episode television series. Slaves: 1969: Follows the life of two slaves in the American South of the 1850s. Slavers 1977: Two competing slave traders fight between each other for the monopoly on the slave trade. [17] Slavery and the Making of America: 2005
A British man has admitted to enslaving and exploiting a worker who told authorities he was forced to live in a small garden shed for 40 years.
The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slave-ownership was created to research the effects of slavery on British history, including the Slave Compensation Act 1837. University College London set up a project called Legacies of British Slave-ownership which aims to list the individuals who received compensation.
For decades, British historians similarly dismissed the contention that slavery profits partially sustained the industrial revolution, an argument made back in 1944 by Eric Williams, in his book ...
It depicts the life of British actress and abolitionist Fanny Kemble, who sees first-hand the horrors of slavery when she marries an American plantation owner. Her published diaries in the form of personal accounts are shown to influence the British government's decision to withhold support of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Amazing Grace is a 2006 British-American biographical drama film directed by Michael Apted, about the campaign against the slave trade in the British Empire, led by William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to the 1772 hymn "Amazing Grace".