August 1 in History
1834 –The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, abolishing slavery in the British Empire, although it remains legal in the possessions of the East India Company until the passage of the Indian Slavery Act, 1843
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) abolished slavery in most parts of the British Empire. 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 (now Sri Lanka), and Saint Helena. The Act was repealed in 1997 as a part of wider rationalization of English statute law; however, later anti-slavery legislation remains in force.
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Photo Caption – British book illustration 1826 showing a slave and petition against slave trade – historyextra.com/slavery