Parliament abolishes slavery in the British Empire…

1828 CE to 1839 CE

Parliament abolishes slavery in the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

The government purchases the slaves for twenty million pounds (the money goes to rich plantation owners who mostly live in England), and frees the slaves, especially those in the Caribbean sugar islands.

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