The abolition of the slave trade in…

1828 CE to 1839 CE

The abolition of the slave trade in 1836 is the most important reform of Portugal's progressive prime minister, the Marques de Sa da Bandeira.

The decree, however, cannot be enforced adequately, and it will take Britain's Royal Navy to put an end to the activity in the middle of the nineteenth century.

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