Quaker-led sugar abstention enters abolition debateJan 1, 1787Labels: Quakers, Consumer boycottBritannicaUCL LegaciesCornell Press
Wedgwood medallion spreads abolition imageryJan 1, 1787Labels: Josiah Wedgwood, Abolition iconV AMet MuseumWedgwood
Abolition Society forms in LondonMay 22, 1787Labels: Society for, LondonBritannicaUK ParliamentAbolition Society
William Fox pamphlet launches mass sugar boycottJan 1, 1791Labels: William Fox, PamphletCornell PressWilliam FoxRevolutionary Players
Parliament rejects abolition; activists pivot to sugarApr 1, 1791Labels: British Parliament, Abolition activistsRevolutionary PlayersUK ParliamentClarkson Papers
Haitian Revolution disrupts the Atlantic sugar economyAug 1, 1791Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-DomingueBritannicaCambridge RepoUK Parliament
Anti-sugar activism broadens petitioning and household politicsJan 1, 1792Labels: Household politics, PetitioningCornell PressBritannicaRevolutionary Players
Commons votes for gradual end to the slave tradeApr 2, 1792Labels: House of, Gradual abolitionUK ParliamentHenry DundasSlave Trade Act
Britain abolishes the slave trade by lawMar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British EmpireUK LegislationUK ParliamentSlave Trade Act
New Anti-Slavery Society forms to end slavery itselfJan 31, 1823Labels: Anti-Slavery Society, Parliamentary lobbyingBritannicaAnti Slavery SocietyUK Parliament
Demerara rebellion intensifies British pressure for changeAug 18, 1823Labels: Demerara rebellion, Missionary JohnUK ParliamentDemerara 1823Britannica
Baptist War in Jamaica accelerates abolition momentumDec 25, 1831Labels: Baptist War, JamaicaBritannicaBaptist WarUK Parliament
Female-led petitions connect sugar consumption and emancipationJan 1, 1833Labels: Women's petitions, Household consumersUCL LegaciesPriscilla BuxtonUK Parliament
Slavery Abolition Act becomes law in BritainAug 28, 1833Labels: Slavery Abolition, ParliamentUK LegislationBritannicaSlavery Act 1833
Emancipation begins; apprenticeship system replaces slaveryAug 1, 1834Labels: Apprenticeship system, Emancipation startUK LegislationUK ParliamentSlavery Act 1833
Apprenticeship ends, marking full legal freedomAug 1, 1838Labels: Full emancipation, British coloniesUK ParliamentBritannicaSlavery Act 1833