Edited sentence: Although moral, economic and political opposition developed against the slave trade, this was largely ineffective unless combined with the political factor of African rebellions.The single most significant event in the history of the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and slavery was the Haitian Revolution, led by people such as Toussaint L'Ouverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines.Virtually every major reform pertaining to the abolition of the slave trade and slavery took place in the immediate aftermath of a major armed rebellion and/or victory by enslaved or formerly enslaved Africans