The British Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act, prohibiting British subjects from participating in the transatlantic slave trade. The measure restricted the forced transport of Africans into Jamaica, but it did not free people already enslaved on the island. It followed decades of Black resistance, abolitionist campaigning and political conflict, and illegal trafficking continued despite the ban.
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What did Britain's 1807 Slave Trade Act do?
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The Act abolished British involvement in the trade, but did not free people already enslaved in Jamaica.