đź“… 8 August 1862
The Dutch emancipation law was promulgated on 8 August 1862, setting 1 July 1863 as the date slavery would formally end. In Suriname, the statute compensated enslavers while freed people received no...
đź“… 10 June 1835
On 10 June 1835, Imperial Law 4 prescribed death for enslaved people convicted of killing, poisoning, or seriously injuring an owner, overseer, or members of their households, and created expedited...
đź“… 30 June 1871
On 30 June 1871, a Senate commission issued a report on the government’s proposal concerning the “servile element.” Committee work translated abolitionist pressure and imperial political calculation...
đź“… 28 September 1885
Law no. 3,270, enacted on 28 September 1885, regulated gradual extinction and provided freedom for some enslaved people aged 60 or older. Those freed at 60 could be required to provide up to three...
đź“… 11 May 1888
On 11 May 1888, the proposal approved by the Chamber reached the Senate, where a special committee was formed to report on it. The expedited review brought the question to its final legislative stage....
đź“… 28 August 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act received royal assent, setting a legal timetable for emancipation across most British colonies. The act did not bring immediate full freedom for most Jamaican adults: it...
đź“… 10 March 1854
On 10 March 1854 President José Gregorio Monagas addressed Congress during debate over abolition. He urged passage of a just law while insisting that abolition not violate slaveholders’ property...
