1833 ⟶ British Empire Abolishes Slavery
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 bans slavery throughout the Briti...
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🕊️ Slavery Abolition in Upper Canada
AbolitionismSlaveryUpper CanadaBritish EmpireHuman RightsSocial ReformLegislative Action
Canada🇬🇧 British Annexation of the Cape Colony
Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.⟶
British EmpireColonialismExpansionismImperialismNapoleonic WarsCape ColonyPolitical Control
South Africa
United Kingdom⚖️ Britain and the United States Criminalize the Slave Trade
Britain and the United States separately make the Slave Trade a criminal act.⟶
SlaveryAbolitionTransatlantic Slave TradeLegislationHuman Rights
United Kingdom
United States🇬🇧 Sierra Leone Declared a British Colony
Sierra Leone becomes British colony.⟶
ColonialismBritish EmpireImperialismPolitical HistoryAtlantic Slave TradeSlaveryGovernanceSierra Leone
Sierra LeoneUnited Kingdom📜 British Empire Abolishes Slavery
Slavery Abolition Act 1833 bans slavery throughout the British Empire; owners are reimbursed.⟶
AbolitionismSlaveryBritish EmpireColonialismHuman RightsLegislationSocial ReformEconomic Impact
United KingdomCanada
Australia
New Zealand
Jamaica
Barbados
GuyanaSouth Africa
Nigeria🤝 British Commonwealth of Nations Established & South Africa's Independence Granted
December 11:
Statute of Westminster creates the British Commonwealth of Nations.
Independence of South Africa.⟶
DecolonizationCommonwealthBritish EmpireIndependenceSelf-governanceInternational RelationsDiplomacyImperialism
United KingdomSouth AfricaCanadaAustraliaNew Zealand
Ireland