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Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.

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the slave trade was abolished officially in 1807 but people did still own slaves for a long time after that.

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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.


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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?

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The slave trade was abolished in the British Empire in?

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What did Abraham Lincoln have to do with the slave trade?

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After what year could the slave trade be abolished?

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Who first abolished the slave trade?

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When was the atlantic slave trade abolished?

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What was Quobna Ottobah Cugano's opinion on the slave trade?

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What was abolished by William Wilberforce?

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