đź“… 28 August 1833
The act ended slavery in most British colonies, with implementation beginning in 1834, but imposed an apprenticeship system and compensated enslavers rather than the formerly enslaved. Enslaved people...
đź“… 1 August 1834
The Slavery Abolition Act took effect across most British colonies. Many adults were placed in “apprenticeship,” a coercive labor system that required continued unpaid work for former enslavers....
đź“… 1 August 1838
The apprenticeship system ended, completing formal emancipation in most British Caribbean colonies. Formerly enslaved people celebrated freedom while confronting landlessness, wage coercion, and...
đź“… 8 August 1845
The Aberdeen Act authorized British courts to treat Brazilian slave ships as pirate vessels and increased Britain’s power to intercept them. It pressured Brazil while extending British imperial...
đź“… 23 March 1866
On 23 March 1866, the British Parliament enacted the Jamaica Act, providing that constitutional acts passed by Jamaica’s legislature would take effect after the Queen’s assent was proclaimed in the...
đź“… 14 May 1811
On 14 May 1811, Britain enacted legislation to make the 1807 trade ban more effective, prohibiting the movement of enslaved people into British colonies from foreign territories and between...
đź“… 28 August 1833
The Act scheduled emancipation across most British colonies and authorized up to ÂŁ20 million in compensation for enslavers, while formerly enslaved people received no compensation. Apprenticeship...
