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The abolition of the slave trade and slavery
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Some people in Britain opposed the slave trade. The first formal anti-slavery groups were set up by the Quakers in the late 1700s. William Wilberforce, a member of Parliament and evangelical Christian, was a leading abolitionist. In 1807 it became illegal to trade slaves on British ships, and in 1833 the Emancipation Act abolished slavery throughout the British Empire.
Memory tip: Wilberforce + the Quakers campaign; slave trade banned 1807; slavery abolished 1833.
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In which year was it made illegal to trade slaves on British ships?
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