England And Slavery
Britains involvement in slavery is a heated topic of public debate. The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 abolished slavery in parts of the British Empire. Slavery Abolition Act History Impact Britannica This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807 and made the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire with the exception of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company Ceylon and Saint Helena. England and slavery . The use of slavery throughout the colonies particularly the southern ones continued to grow throughout the 18 th century but as the colonies moved closer to revolution against England there was a growing trend of questioning slavery and its practices in New England. Revolutionary France abolished slavery in 1794 and Haiti declared it illegal in. English involvement in the slave trade intensified after 1663 when a new patent along with royal backing was issued to the Company of Royal