more slaves tried to run away
They were probably forced to let their slaves go unless the slave wanted to stay.
slaves hence the name Atlantic SLAVE trade
The South was for slavery because it brought in free workers and a lot of profit for the slave owners. On the other hand, the North had no reason to have slaves, so they tried to abolish slavery and ended up succeeding.
The British were the dominant nation of the slave trade.
District of Columbia
Abraham Lincoln
i think its fredrick douglass
because of the money Britain was getting from the slave trade
On the 25th of March 1807.
Abraham Lincoln got over 7500 people to protest against slave trade
There are many reasons why it took so long to abolish the slave trade in East Africa. The main reason is that some of the people within the communities were benefiting from slave trade and were therefore slow to react.
William Wilberforce worked to abolish the slave trade.
He worked to abolish it, although never fully succeeded.
William Wilberforce was the leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
congress declared that it had no power to abolish the slave trade between existing slave states
William Wilberforce was the most significant because he tried to do better things for the slave trade but no one really listened to him. also my evidence shows proof that no one listened to him. my evidence is that when William Wilberforce presented the first bill to abolish the slave trade to the house of commons, but it was rejected. this shows that no one was actually listened to in those days.