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British Abolition Movement, Slave Trade Act (1807) and West Indian Emancipation (1833–1838)

British Abolition Movement, Slave Trade Act (1807) and West Indian Emancipation (1833–1838)

  1. Somerset v Stewart decided in King’s Bench

    Labels: Lord Mansfield, Somerset case

  2. Zong massacre of enslaved Africans at sea

    Labels: Zong, slave ship

  3. Society for Effecting Abolition of Slave Trade founded

    Labels: Abolition Society, London committee

  4. Dolben’s Act regulates conditions on British slave ships

    Labels: Dolben s, Slave Trade

  5. Freetown founded through Sierra Leone Company resettlement

    Labels: Freetown, Sierra Leone

  6. Haitian Revolution culminates in Haitian independence

    Labels: Haitian Revolution, Haiti

  7. Slave Trade Abolition Bill introduced by Lord Grenville

    Labels: Lord Grenville, Slave Trade

  10. Slave Trade Felony Act strengthens criminal penalties

    Labels: Slave Trade, British Parliament

  11. Anti-Slavery Society founded to end slavery itself

    Labels: Anti-Slavery Society, Gradual Abolition

  12. Baptist War uprising erupts in Jamaica

    Labels: Baptist War, Jamaica uprising

  13. Slavery Abolition Act receives Royal Assent

    Labels: Slavery Abolition, British Parliament

  14. Slavery Abolition Act comes into force in colonies

    Labels: Act in, British colonies

  15. Apprenticeship system ends; full emancipation in West Indies

    Labels: Apprenticeship end, West Indies

  16. British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society founded

    Labels: British and, transnational society

  17. World Anti-Slavery Convention opens in London

    Labels: World Anti-Slavery, London 1840