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Legislation of Slavery
History of Great Britain
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| | 1792 | Wilberforce, William | |
| 2nd April Henry Dundas , Home Secretary, proposes a compromise of so-'gradual abolition' over a number of years, passsed by 230 to 85 votes, but the compromise is la clever ploy to indefinitly delay final abolition |
| 1799 | Wilberforce, William | |
| The Slave Trade Regulation Act is passed to further reduce overcrowding on slave ships |
| 1806 | Wilberforce, William | |
| The Foreign Slave Trade Act is quickly passed and the tactic proves successful, the new legislation effectively prohibited two-thirds of the British slave trade |
| 1807 | Wilberforce, William | |
| 25th Mar The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent |
| 1833 | Wilberforce, William | |
| Aug Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act which gives all slaves in the British Empire their freedom |
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