Slavery Abolition Act 1833

Na de **Slavery Abolition Act 1833** (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73) be an act of de Parliament of de United Kingdom, wich na e abolish slavery insyd de British Empire by way of compensated emancipation. Na dem legislate de act by Whig Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey ein reforming administration, wey na dem enact by ordering de British government make e purchase de freedom of all slaves insyd de British Empire, den by outlawing de further practice of slavery insyd de British Empire. Na de act be repealed insyd 1998 as a part of a broader restructuring of English statute law, though na slavery remain dem abolish.

## Background

Insyd May 1772, Lord Mansfield ein judgment insyd de *Somerset* case emancipate a slave wey na dem bring to England wey komot Boston insyd de Province of Massachusetts Bay, den thus he help launch de movement make dem abolish slavery thru out de British Empire. Na de case rule say slavery get no legal status insyd England as na e get no common law anaa statutory law basis, den as such sam bro no fi be legally a slave insyd England. However, chaw campaigners, wey dey include Granville Sharp, take de view dat de *ratio decidendi* of de *Somerset* case mean say na slavery be unsupported by law within England den dat no ownership fi be exercised on slaves wey dey enter English anaa Scottish soil. Ignatius Sancho, wey na insyd 1774 cam be de first known person of African descent make he vote insyd a British general election, wrep a letter insyd 1778 wey dey open in praise of Britain for ein "freedom, den for de chaw blessings I dey enjoy insyd am", before he criticize de actions towards ein black brethren in parts of de Empire such as de West Indies.

#### '''Campaigns'''
By 1783, na an anti-slavery movement make dem abolish de slave trade thru out de Empire begin among de British public, plus na dem establish de Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade insyd 1787. Na de Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion by Josiah Wedgwood, be, according to de BBC, "de most famous image of a black person insyd all of 18th-century art". Na fellow abolitionist Thomas Clarkson wrep: "Of de ladies na chaw wear dem insyd bracelets, wey na odas get dem fitted up insyd an ornamental manner as pins give dema hair. At length, de taste for wearing dem cam be general; den thus fashion, wich usually dey confine einself to worthless things, na dem see for once insyd de honourable office of promoting de cause of justice, humanity den freedom."
 
Spurred by an incident wey dey involve Chloe Cooley, a slave woman dem bring to Canada by an American loyalist, de Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe, table de Act Against Slavery insyd 1793. Passed by de local Legislative Assembly, na e be de first legislation make dem outlaw de slave trade insyd a part of de British Empire. By de late 18th century, na Britain simultaneously be de largest slave trader den centre of de largest abolitionist movement. Na William Wilberforce wrep insyd ein diary insyd 1787 dat na ein great purpose insyd life be make he suppress de slave trade before he wage a 20-year fight for de industry top. 

Na Parliament pass de Slave Trade Act 1807 (47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36), wich na e outlaw de international slave trade, buh no be slavery einself. Na de legislation be time make e coincide plus de Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves dem expect by de United States, Britain ein chief rival insyd maritime commerce. Na dis legislation impose fines wey do little make e deter slave trade participants. Na abolitionist Henry Brougham realise dat na trading continue, den as a new MP he successfully introduce de Slave Trade Felony Act 1811 (51 Geo. 3. c. 23) wich at last make de overseas slave trade a felony thru out de empire. Na de Royal Navy establish de West Africa Squadron make dem suppress de Atlantic slave trade by dem dey patrol de coast of West Africa. Na e suppress de slave trade, buh e no stop am entirely. Between 1808 den 1860, na de West Africa Squadron capture 1,600 slave ships wey dem free 150,000 Africans. Na dem resettle chaw insyd Jamaica den de Bahamas. Britain sanso use ein influence make e coerce oda countries make dem agree to treaties make dem end dema slave trade den allow de Royal Navy make dem seize dema slave ships.

## References


## Read further

* Drescher, Seymour. *Abolition: A History of Slavery and Antislavery* (2009)
* Hinks, Peter, and John McKivigan, eds. *Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition* (2 vol. 2006)
* Huzzey, Richard. *Freedom Burning: Anti-Slavery and Empire in Victorian Britain*. (Cornell University Press, 2012) 303pp.
* Washington, Jon-Michael. "Ending the Slave Trade and Slavery in the British Empire: An Explanatory Case Study Utilizing Qualitative Methodology and Stratification and Class Theories." (2012 NCUR) (2013). online Archived 4 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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## External links
*Text of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833
*Legacies of British slave-ownership is a database of the Parliamentary return of people who made claims for compensation under this act