The abolition of slavery must rank as one of the greatest achievements of recorded history. In 1750, much of the world seemed to believe that slavery was a natural state of man and a large part of the world's population could be bought and sold but by 1948 almost the entire world knew it to be an evil. Abolition occurred as abolition in specific countries, abolition of the trade in slaves and abolition throughout empires. Each of these steps was usually the result of a separate law or action. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Main article: Abolitionism

Main article: Slavery

This English poster depicting the horrific conditions on slave ships was influential in mobilizing public opinion against slavery. ... Slave redirects here. ...

Early timeline

Slavery was not good!

Modern timeline

• 1600 Last villein dies in England
• 1761 Portugal abolishes slavery^[1]
• 1772 Slavery declared illegal in England, including overseas slaves living in England. Lord Chief Justice Mansfield rules that English law does not support slavery.^[2]
• 1777 Slavery abolished in Madeira^[2]
• 1777 Slavery abolished in Vermont, USA^[2]
• 1778 Slavery illegal in Scotland
• 1783 Massachusetts rules slavery illegal based on 1780 constitution^[2]
• 1787 Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade founded in Britain^[2]
• 1792 Slave trading abolished in Denmark (though slavery continues to 1847).
• 1794 French First Republic abolishes slavery^[2] (re-established by Napoleon on 1803)
• 1787 Sierra Leone founded by British as state for emancipated slaves
• 1788 Sir William Dolben's Act regulating the conditions on British slave ships enacted
• 1791 Haiti gains independence and emancipation
• 1793 Upper Canada, by Act Against Slavery
• 1799 New York State introduces gradual emancipation
• 1802 Danish abolish slave trade in Danish colonies
• 1802 Slavery re-introduced in France^[1]
• 1803 Lower Canada abolishes slavery
• 1804 Haiti abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act: slave trading abolished in British Empire. Captains fined £100 per slave transported.
• 1807 British begin patrols of African coast to arrest slaving vessels. British West Africa Squadron (Royal Navy) established to suppress slave trading; by 1865, nearly 150,000 people freed by anti-slavery operations
• 1807 Abolition in Prussia, Germany The Stein-Hardenberg Reforms.
• 1808 U.S. abolishes transatlantic slave trade
• 1811 Slave trading made a felony in the British Empire punishable by transportation for British subjects and Foreigners.
• 1811 Spain abolishes slavery at home and in all colonies except Cuba,^[1] Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo
• 1814 Dutch outlaw slave trade
• 1815 British pay Portuguese £750,000 (several hundred million dollars in current values) to cease their trade^[3]
• 1817 Spain paid £400,000 by British to cease trade to Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo^[3]
• 1815 Congress of Vienna. 8 Victorious powers declared their opposition to slavery
• 1818 Treaty between Britain and Spain to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1818 Treaty between Britain and Portugal to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1818 France and Holland abolish slave trading
• 1819 Treaty between Britain and Netherlands to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1821 Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela abolish slavery
• 1821 Liberia founded by USA as state for emancipated slaves.
• 1823 Chile abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1827 Treaty between Britain and Sweden to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1829 Mexico abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1831 Bolivia abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1835 Treaty between Britain and France to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1835 Treaty between Britain and French and Danish to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1838 Slavery abolished throughout the British empire (about a third of world's population) in the Bill for "Total Abolition of Colonial Slavery" (Slavery Abolition Act 1833)
• 1839 British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society founded, now called Anti-Slavery International
• 1839 Indian indenture system made illegal
• 1840 Treaty between Britain and Venezuela to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1841 Quintuple Treaty is signed; England, France, Russia, Prussia, and Austria agree to suppress slave trade^[2]
• 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty between Britain and US
• 1842 Uruguay abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1843 Treaty between Britain and Uruguay to suppress slave trade ^[4]
• 1843 Treaty between Britain and Mexico to suppress slave trade ^[4]
• 1843 Treaty between Britain and Chile to suppress slave trade ^[4]
• 1843 Argentina abolishes slavery^[1]
• 1843 Treaty between Britain and Bolivia to abolish slave trade ^[4]
• 1845 36 British Navy ships are assigned to the Anti-Slavery Squadron, making it one of the largest fleets in the world.
• 1847 Sweden abolishes slavery^[5]
• 1848 Denmark abolishes slavery^[5]
• 1848 Slavery abolished in all French and Danish colonies^[2]
• 1848 France founds Gabon for settlement of emancipated slaves.
• 1848 Treaty between Britain and Muscat to suppress slave trade ^[4]
• 1849 Treaty between Britain and Persian Gulf states to suppress slave trade ^[4]
• 1850 USA: Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
• 1851 Brazil ends slave trade^[2]
• 1854 Peru abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1854 Venezuela abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1861 Russia frees its population in the Emancipation reform of 1861.^[1]
• 1862 Treaty between USA and Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade (African Slave Trade Treaty Act)^[4].
• 1862 Cuba abolishes slave trade^[2]
• 1863 Slavery abolished in Dutch colonies^[2]
• 1863 U.S. frees southern slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation
• 1865 U.S. abolishes slavery (The Thirteenth Amendment)^[2]
• 1873 Puerto Rico abolishes slavery
• 1873 Treaty between Britain and Zanzibar and Madagascar to suppress slave trade ^[4]
• 1886 Cuba abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1888 Brazil abolishes slavery^[2]
• 1890 Brussels Act - Treaty granting anti-slavery powers the right to stop and search ships for slaves
• 1894 Korea abolishes slavery^[6]
• 1910 China abolishes slavery^[7]
• 1921 Nepal abolishes slavery^[8]
• 1924 League of Nations Temporary Slavery Commission
• 1926 Slavery Convention. Bound all signatories to end slavery CONVENTION TO SUPPRESS THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY (25 Sep 1926)
• 1928 Iran abolishes slavery^[9]
• 1942 Ethiopia abolishes slavery
• 1948 UN Declaration of Human Rights bans slavery globally
• 1952 Qatar abolishes slavery
• 1961 Portugal bans slavery in its colonies^[10]
• 1962 Saudi Arabia abolishes slavery
• 1962 Yemen abolishes slavery
• 1963 United Arab Emirates abolishes slavery
• 1970 Oman abolishes slavery
• 1980 Mauritania abolishes slavery^[11]
• Slavery continues today with illegal human trafficking

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See also

• Abolitionism
• Slavery
• History of slavery
• Slavery in Modern Africa
• Slavery at common law

This English poster depicting the horrific conditions on slave ships was influential in mobilizing public opinion against slavery. ... Slave redirects here. ... The history of slavery covers many different forms of human exploitation across many cultures and throughout human history. ... Slavery in Africa, as in some other regions of the world, continues today. ... It is sometimes said that slavery at common law did not exist, often on the basis of pronouncements such as those attributed (incorrectly) to Lord Mansfield, that the air of England is too pure for any slave to breathe. ...

Further reading

Anti slavery society Slavery and Abolition

References