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 ...

In new book 'The Jew Who Would Be King,' historian Adam Rovner tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, who survived a shipwreck ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Lord Grenville introduced the Slave Trade Abolition Bill in 1807 ... of 1833 was later passed which freed slaves across British dominions, excluding territories occupied by the ...

Let us beseech him to extend to all nations in Europe, the same humane and just spirit to them, which he has imparted to the British ... the day of the abolition of the slave trade in our country ...

However, the biggest pressure for the abolition of the slave trade surprisingly came from the women of Sheffield ... They mention that it is the duty of British women to protect those women bound by ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the last decade of the 19th century, the French and British fought with the Benin and Dahomey kingdoms, conquered them and freed all ...

The great-great grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone says he “shocked and horrified” to learn about seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guy ...

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. The Royal Mint released 8,445,000 of them into ...

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 ...