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Slavery Abolition Act 1833
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies; for promoting the Industry of the manumitted Slaves; and for compensating the Persons hitherto entitled to the Services of such Slaves. |
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| Citation | 3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 August 1833 |
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| Repealed | 19 November 1998 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1998 |
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Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire. Passed by Earl Grey's reforming administration, it 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 The Act came into force on 1 August 1834, and was repealed in 1998 as a part of wider rationalisation of English statute law; however, slavery remains abolished, as later anti-slavery legislation remains in force.
The act didn't stop slavery in the British Empire.The trade of slaves was made illegal throughout the British Empire by 1937, with Nigeria and Bahrain being the last British territories to abolish slavery.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ The citation of this Act by this short title was authorised by the Short Titles Act 1896, section 1 and the first schedule. Due to the repeal of those provisions it is now authorised by section 19(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978.
- ^ Nwaubani, Adaobi Tricia (15 July 2018). "My Great-Grandfather, the Nigerian Slave-Trader". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "The abolition of the slave trade in southeastern Nigeria, 1885-1950 | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ Northrup, David (September 2007). "A. E. Afigbo. The Abolition of the Slave Trade in Southeastern Nigeria. 1885-1950. Rochester: University of Rochester Press, 2006. Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora. xv + 210 pp. Maps. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. $75.00. Cloth". African Studies Review. 50 (2): 228–229. doi:10.1353/arw.2007.0116. ISSN 0002-0206.
- ^ Miers, Suzanne (2003). Slavery in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution of a Global Problem. Rowman Altamira. pp. 265–67. ISBN 978-0-7591-0340-5.
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