Scotland's History Land and Votes Slavery is abolished across the Empire The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

In Britain a powerful abolition movement inspired by ... and it helped push towards the Emancipation Act of 1833, which abolished slavery in most parts of the British Empire.

Neither slavery ... abolition amendment gave Congress power to displace the states in civil rights matters and impose criminal sanctions on their officers in the manner of the Civil Rights Act.

However, the uprising galvanized abolitionists in Britain, leading to the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. While the holidays offered moments of joy, they also revealed the resilience and ingenuity ...

The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 1807 which abolished the transatlantic slave trade. It did not, however, abolish slavery within the British colonies and this ...

The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 1807. From that day on, “all manner of dealing and reading in the purchase, sale, barter, or transfer of slaves ...

As early as 1688, four German Quakers in Germantown near Philadelphia protested slavery in a resolution ... legislature to amend the gradual abolition act of 1780. As a result of the 2000 ...