He continued to do so until 1807, when the British Parliament introduced the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The following people were all formerly enslaved. They played a key role in the ...

On the assumption that slavery was a state rather than national institution, antislavery advocates at first anticipated that military defeat of the Confederacy would result in its abolition ...

Scotland's History Land and Votes Slavery is abolished across the Empire The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

It also inspires him to devote his life to the abolition of the slave trade. The student's name was Thomas Clarkson. He, along with another Englishman, William Wilberforce, would lead this fight ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 1807 which ...

The monument was constructed in 1834, a years after slavery was abolished across the British Empire ... Navy squadron played in tackling the slave trade. An information board has been installed ...

The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge now has a reflection room in case its slavery exhibition triggers visitors.

Despite slavery being abolished in the British Empire in 1833 ... By 1920, RMSPC boasted of its global trade reach, carrying 1.4 million passengers and 14 million tonnes of cargo while employing ...

A £2 coin is being sold for more than £10,000 in Norwich. The coin was minted in 2007 to mark 200 years since the passing of the Abolition of Slave Trade Act which banned slavery in the British Empire ...

In 2007, to commemorate the British bicentenary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, we examined how the collections we care for are connected with the transatlantic slave trade. We can ...

He continued to do so until 1807, when the British Parliament introduced the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. The following people were all formerly enslaved. They played a key role in the ...