Slave Trade Act 1807

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The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.

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Generate an image of the Slave Trade Act 1807 (The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
abolitionist legislation ⓘ
aimedTo end British participation in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
appliesTo British colonies ⓘ
British ports ⓘ
British ships ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1807-05-01 ⓘ
category 1807 in British law ⓘ
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Slavery legislation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent 1807-03-25 ⓘ
doesNotAbolish slavery within the British Empire ⓘ
enforcedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
enforcedInRegion West African coast ⓘ
followedBy Slave Trade Act 1824 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1843 ⓘ
historicalSignificance major victory for the British abolitionist movement ⓘ
marked the legal end of British participation in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
influenced international abolitionist efforts ⓘ
inspired Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement ⓘ
subsequent anti-slave-trade treaties ⓘ
jurisdiction British Empire ⓘ
keySupporter Granville Sharp ⓘ
Henry Brougham ⓘ
Thomas Clarkson ⓘ
William Wilberforce ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalForm statute ⓘ
legalStatusOfSlaveTrade illegal in the British Empire after 1807 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
locationOfPassage Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
longTitle An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade ⓘ
madeTransatlanticSlaveTradeIllegal true ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment George III ⓘ
partOf British abolition of the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
penalty fines ⓘ
forfeiture of ships ⓘ
imprisonment ⓘ
precededBy earlier failed abolition bills ⓘ
prohibited British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
carrying enslaved Africans in British ships ⓘ
reign George III ⓘ
relatedTo Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
shortTitle Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
subjectMatter abolition of the slave trade ⓘ
supportedBy Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade ⓘ
yearEnacted 1807 ⓘ

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Atlantic slave trade → legalAbolition → British Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807
William Wilberforce → supportedAct → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1807 → shortTitle → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1807 → longTitle → An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade ⓘ
linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807
Slave Trade Act 1807 → category → Abolitionism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807
United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 → relatedTo → British Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807
Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement → legalBasis → Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807
Slave Trade Act 1824 → replaces → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1824 → amends → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1824 → relatedTo → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1843 → follows → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
William Wyndham Grenville → notableWork → Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807
British abolitionist movement → influenced → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
British abolitionist movement → reachedMilestone → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
the Saints → supportedLegislation → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Ministry of All the Talents → passedLegislation → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
Lancaster slave trade → affectedBy → Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ