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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire .
An Act for carrying into effect Two Conventions with the King of the French for suppressing the Slave Trade. (Repealed by Slave Trade Act 1873 ( 36 & 37 Vict. c. 88)) Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (repealed)
The British government formally abolished slavery in its colonies with passage of the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. The legislation went into effect in August 1834 whereby all slaves in the British Empire were considered free under British law. After long and heated debates in Britain, the government agreed to compensate West Indian planters ...
In later years, Wilberforce supported the campaign for the complete abolition of slavery and continued his involvement after 1826, when he resigned from Parliament because of his failing health. That campaign led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire. Wilberforce died just three days after ...
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire but on a gradual basis over the next six years. [112] Legally frees 700,000 in the West Indies, 20,000 in Mauritius, and 40,000 in South Africa. The exceptions are the territories controlled by the East India Company and Ceylon. [113] France
It was the best-selling novel of the 19th century. In her memoirs Stowe would write about her thoughts on the late James Cropper and his extended Dingle family as being the initiators of the 'abolitionist revival' that had resulted in the 1833 Abolition of Slavery Act and the freeing of some 800,000 people within the British Empire.
The Slavery Abolition Act receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, coming into effect 1 August 1834. A £20 million fund is established to compensate slaveowners. Quakers and Moravians Act allows Quakers and Moravians to substitute an affirmation for a legal oath in accordance with
Pages in category "Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .