The main reason it took so long to abolish the slave trade was simply because the pro-slave trade lobby had too many important and powerful figures in the establishment. The plantation owners ...

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 ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An amendment recently filed ahead of the Arkansas legislative session seeks to fully abolish slavery in the Natural State. HJR1002 was officially filed on Nov.

The amendment argues that "the Arkansas Constitution is the moral and legal foundation of our state, abolishing all forms of slavery in the Arkansas Constitution represents the fundamental values ...

(LEX 18) — There is a push at the Capitol to get rid of a slavery exception that is currently enshrined in Kentucky's Constitution. "The 13th Amendment abolished slavery for all intents and ...