Thomas Clarkson
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.
Congress would abolish the Fugitive Slave Law
District of Columbia
i think its fredrick douglass
because of the money Britain was getting from the slave trade
England abolished the slave trade in 1807 through the passing of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.
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.
Reformers first tried to end the transatlantic slave trade, which involved the transportation of enslaved African people to the Americas. They aimed to abolish this trade in order to disrupt the supply of new slaves to the colonies.
William Wilberforce was the leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
William Wilberforce was born on 24 August 1759 in Hull.
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.
congress declared that it had no power to abolish the slave trade between existing slave states