The Act legislated emancipation across most British colonies, with a transition period that compelled many formerly enslaved people to continue labouring as apprentices. The British state...
On 15 May 1823, the House of Commons debated the future of slavery in the British colonies. Thomas Fowell Buxton called for a process leading to the extinction of slavery, while the debate also...
The Act scheduled emancipation across most British colonies and authorized up to £20 million in compensation for enslavers, while formerly enslaved people received no compensation. Apprenticeship...
