On 25 March 1807, Britain’s Slave Trade Act received royal assent and prohibited British subjects from participating in the transatlantic trade in enslaved people. It did not abolish slavery or immediately free people already held in bondage. Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo remained plantation societies, and the distinction between ending the trade and ending slavery matters: people continued to be treated as property, forced to labor and separated from families.
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What did Britain’s 1807 Slave Trade Act prohibit?
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The 1807 law abolished Britain’s participation in the trade, not slavery itself.
The 1807 British Act abolished slavery in British colonies immediately.
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It abolished Britain’s participation in the slave trade, not slavery.