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Several factors led to the abolition of slavery in the West Indies. Slave revolts were becoming common on the larger islands as early as the 18th century, with the Maroon wars in Jamaica being an example and reaching their peak with the Haitian Revolution of 1802. Moral outrage in England with the creation of the abolitionists under the leadership of the Revrend Wilberforce was another. Add to that a general decline in sugar prices from 1780 onward making slavery less profitable. And lastly the great discrepency in numbers between slaves and freemen, especially in the British West Indies where Africans outnumbered Europeans 40 to one made slavery impossible to maintain. Therefore emancipation was passed in 1834 for the BWI.
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∙ 11y agoBasically b/c enough people felt that it wasn't morally acceptable to keep slaves anymore.
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∙ 12y agoyes, it was abolished in 1807 or somthing and by william wilberforce
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∙ 15y agocause it was
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∙ 16y agoFor profit.
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∙ 11y ago1807
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The slave trade was abolished in the British Empire in?
1804
The slave trade was abolished when?
Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
Was the abolition of the slave trade partly the cause of the Industrial Revolution?
the slave trade was abolished for many reasons, like economy was a big part in it, and some slaves them selves!!!
How was slave trade started when and how was it abolished?
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870, five years after the Civil War had ended. This amendment allowed the newly freed slaves to
When did slavery begin in the US in the 1800s?
In North America the first blacks were brought in 1619. The slave trade was abolished in 1808 in the United States. The slave trade was made illegal in 1819. However, it was not abolished until 1865 with 13th Amendment.`
How long ago was the slave trade abolished in England?
The Slave Trade Act, which was passed on March, 25, 1807, abolished the slave trade in the United Kingdom. The act abolished slave trade in the British Empire, but not slavery itself.
When was the abolition of the slave trade?
the slave trade was abolished in 1807.
When was slave trade abolished in Nigeria and by whom?
Slave trade was abolished in nigeria in 1833 by william wilberforce.
What was the 1807 slave trade act?
The 1807 Slave Trade Act was a law passed by the British Parliament that abolished the transatlantic slave trade. It made it illegal to engage in the business of trading enslaved people between Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean. The act was a significant step towards the eventual abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
When was the slave trade abolished in Britain?
The slave trade was abolished in Britain in 1807 under the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. This act made it illegal to engage in the buying and selling of slaves within the British Empire.
The slave trade was abolished in the British Empire in?
1804
What did Abraham Lincoln have to do with the slave trade?
HE ABOLISHED SLAVERY
How long did the slave trade last?
The slave trade has not been abolished, it is still happening today.
The slave trade was abolished when?
Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
After what year could the slave trade be abolished?
the year poopton93
Who first abolished the slave trade?
William Wilberforce I think
When was the atlantic slave trade abolished?
ANSWER The slave trade was officially abolished starting from Jan. 1, 1808, following an Act of 1807 under the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. A second act of the Congress in 1820 declared that trade as "piracy" and therefore punishable as such.
