Slavery Abolition Act 1833

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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was a landmark British law that ended slavery throughout most of the British Empire, leading to the emancipation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, particularly in the Caribbean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
apprenticeshipSystemDuration up to 6 years ⓘ
beneficiariesOfCompensation slave owners ⓘ
beneficiariesOfEmancipation enslaved people in British colonies ⓘ
compensationAmount £20,000,000 ⓘ
compensationSource British government loan ⓘ
compensationToSlaveOwners true ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
effectiveDate 1834-08-01 ⓘ
estimatedNumberEmancipated over 800,000 ⓘ
excludedJurisdiction Ceylon ⓘ
linked to: Sri Lanka

Saint Helena ⓘ
Territories under the control of the East India Company ⓘ
historicalSignificance ended legal chattel slavery in most British colonies ⓘ
major milestone in global abolition of slavery ⓘ
inspiredMovements abolitionist movements in other countries ⓘ
introducedApprenticeshipSystem true ⓘ
jurisdiction British Caribbean colonies ⓘ
linked to: British West Indies

British Empire ⓘ
British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ
Cape Colony ⓘ
Mauritius ⓘ
keySupporter British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society ⓘ
Thomas Fowell Buxton ⓘ
William Wilberforce ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus repealed in part and superseded by later legislation ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
mainEffect abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire ⓘ
legal emancipation of enslaved people in British colonies ⓘ
prohibition of ownership of slaves in covered territories ⓘ
monarchAtEnactment William IV ⓘ
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
placeOfPassing Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
politicalContext British abolitionist movement ⓘ
campaigns by anti-slavery societies ⓘ
regionWithLargestImpact British West Indies ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
relatedEarlierLegislation Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
relatedLaterLegislation Slavery Abolition Act 1838 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1843 ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1833-08-28 ⓘ
shortName Slavery Abolition Act ⓘ
subjectMatter colonial law ⓘ
compensation for property ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
yearEnacted 1833 ⓘ

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British West Indies → significantEvent → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 → shortName → Slavery Abolition Act ⓘ
linked to: Slavery Abolition Act 1833
William Wilberforce → supportedAct → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1807 → relatedTo → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1838 → follows → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1838 → hasPredecessor → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1838 → relatedTo → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1843 → follows → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slavery Abolition Act 1843 → relatedTo → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Henry Brougham → supportedLegislation → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
William IV → notableEvent → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey → knownFor → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
British colonial period in Jamaica → legalChange → Abolition of slavery in the British Empire ⓘ
linked to: Slavery Abolition Act 1833
Slave Trade Act 1824 → relatedTo → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1843 → follows → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Earl Grey → legislativeAchievement → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
British abolitionist movement → influenced → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
British abolitionist movement → reachedMilestone → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Baptist War → influenced → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Buxton Memorial Fountain → commemorates → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Act Against Slavery (1793) → supersededBy → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Act Against Slavery (1793) → relatedTo → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Emancipation Day → relatedTo → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Lancaster slave trade → affectedBy → Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ
Barrett family of Jamaica → affectedBy → British abolition of slavery ⓘ
linked to: Slavery Abolition Act 1833