Sugar and Abolition: Campaigns, Legislation, and Economic Impact (1780–1838)

1. Quaker-led sugar abstention enters abolition debate

   Jan 1, 1787Labels: Quakers, Consumer boycott

   • Britannica
   • UCL Legacies
   • Cornell Press

2. Wedgwood medallion spreads abolition imagery

   Jan 1, 1787Labels: Josiah Wedgwood, Abolition icon

   • V A
   • Met Museum
   • Wedgwood

3. Abolition Society forms in London

   May 22, 1787Labels: Society for, London

   • Britannica
   • UK Parliament
   • Abolition Society

4. William Fox pamphlet launches mass sugar boycott

   Jan 1, 1791Labels: William Fox, Pamphlet

   • Cornell Press
   • William Fox
   • Revolutionary Players

5. Parliament rejects abolition; activists pivot to sugar

   Apr 1, 1791Labels: British Parliament, Abolition activists

   • Revolutionary Players
   • UK Parliament
   • Clarkson Papers

6. Haitian Revolution disrupts the Atlantic sugar economy

   Aug 1, 1791Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-Domingue

   • Britannica
   • Cambridge Repo
   • UK Parliament

7. Anti-sugar activism broadens petitioning and household politics

   Jan 1, 1792Labels: Household politics, Petitioning

   • Cornell Press
   • Britannica
   • Revolutionary Players

8. Commons votes for gradual end to the slave trade

   Apr 2, 1792Labels: House of, Gradual abolition

   • UK Parliament
   • Henry Dundas
   • Slave Trade Act

9. Britain abolishes the slave trade by law

   Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British Empire

   • UK Legislation
   • UK Parliament
   • Slave Trade Act

10. New Anti-Slavery Society forms to end slavery itself

    Jan 31, 1823Labels: Anti-Slavery Society, Parliamentary lobbying

    • Britannica
    • Anti Slavery Society
    • UK Parliament

11. Demerara rebellion intensifies British pressure for change

    Aug 18, 1823Labels: Demerara rebellion, Missionary John

    • UK Parliament
    • Demerara 1823
    • Britannica

12. Baptist War in Jamaica accelerates abolition momentum

    Dec 25, 1831Labels: Baptist War, Jamaica

    • Britannica
    • Baptist War
    • UK Parliament

13. Female-led petitions connect sugar consumption and emancipation

    Jan 1, 1833Labels: Women's petitions, Household consumers

    • UCL Legacies
    • Priscilla Buxton
    • UK Parliament

14. Slavery Abolition Act becomes law in Britain

    Aug 28, 1833Labels: Slavery Abolition, Parliament

    • UK Legislation
    • Britannica
    • Slavery Act 1833

15. Emancipation begins; apprenticeship system replaces slavery

    Aug 1, 1834Labels: Apprenticeship system, Emancipation start

    • UK Legislation
    • UK Parliament
    • Slavery Act 1833

16. Apprenticeship ends, marking full legal freedom

    Aug 1, 1838Labels: Full emancipation, British colonies

    • UK Parliament
    • Britannica
    • Slavery Act 1833