On 1 August 1834, the Abolition of Slavery Act, which made the purchase or owning of slaves illegal in parts of the British Empire, took effect in Britain. This did not mean that all of the ...

Almost all of them. And white men were primarily the ones who abolished slavery on top of it. So, that's historical reality. And the fact that it's even remotely controversial to say this is is ...

On the assumption that slavery was a state rather than national institution, antislavery advocates at first anticipated that military defeat of the Confederacy would result in its abolition ...

Documentary series exploring the abolition of Slavery in the British Dominions in 1833. In Episode 1 of this two-part documentary series, Luke Tomes explores the rebirth of an abolition movement in ...

Six of these original members were among the largely Quaker group of eighteen Philadelphians that reorganized in February 1784 as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery ...

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 ...

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December, marks the date of the adoption, by the General Assembly, of the United Nations Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in ...

Narrator: In the 18th century, the movement to end the slave trade emerged. In Britain a powerful abolition movement inspired by activists and politicians from around the world began to bring ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

In a speech lasting two hours (the speech took place on Dec. 3 but was telegraphed from India only last week), the Maharaja said that the Government would assist in the suppression of slavery by ...

Penn is said to have held at least 12 slaves who built the structures on his estate. The late 1700s and early 1800s saw a worldwide movement to abolish slavery gather momentum, and in 1780 ...