Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.

Despite being contrary to the laws of the UK, practices described as "modern slavery" still exist in Britain and have often involved the effects created by human traffickers attacking those from poorer countries, such as those undertaking various crimes victimizing Vietnamese nationals.

On 28th August 1833 a very important act received its Royal Assent. The Slavery Abolition Law would finally be enacted, after years of campaigning, suffering and injustice. This act was a crucial step in a much wider and ongoing process designed to bring an end to the slave trade.

From the 1770s in Britain, a movement developed to bring the slave trade to an end. This is known as the abolitionist movement. The work of politicians, ordinary workers, women and the...

c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire.

From the 1760s, activists in London challenged the morality and legality of the slave trade. They included people who had formerly been enslaved like Olaudah Equiano, as well as abolitionist …

2019年2月8日 · The movement to end slavery in the United Kingdom began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries as part of a wider abolitionism movement across Western Europe and the Americas. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, English Quakers and a few evangelical religious groups condemned slavery as un-Christian.

2021年2月9日 · Having reinstated slavery in the French colonies, Napoleon’s decision allowed abolitionists such as Stephen to pair abolitionism with patriotism. Documentary series exploring the abolition of slavery in the British Dominions in 1833.

2024年5月25日 · By the 1820s, abolitionism had become a genuine mass movement in Britain, with thousands of grassroots anti-slavery societies springing up across the country. According to one estimate, by 1833 a staggering one in five British citizens had signed an anti-slavery petition.

2024年10月1日 · Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.