1 agos 1838 año - Slavery abolished

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- On 1 August 1838 slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
- This happened in a lawsuit which tested the limits of Habeas Corpus. James Summerset, a slave, ran away and was caught and jailed. Abolitionists then filed a writ of habeas corpus to get him free. The case then discussed whether slaves had rights on British soil.
- In 1834, slaves in the British empire started a period of 'apprenticeship', during which they were obliged to work without pay for their former owners. When the apprenticeship period ended in 1838, over 700,000 slaves were freed in the British Caribbean. Plantation owners received about £20 million in government compensation for the loss of their slaves. The former slaves received nothing.



Why are the Victorians so famous?
Britain managed to build a huge empire during the Victorian period. It was also a time of tremendous change in the lives of British people. In 1837 most people lived in villages and worked on the land; by 1901, most lived in towns and worked in offices, shops and factories.

Britain became the most powerful and richest country in the world, with the largest empire that had ever existed, ruling a quarter of the world's population.

Towns and cities got piped water, gas and, by the end of the century, electricity

The number of people living in Britain more than doubled from 16 million to 37 million, causing a huge demand for food, clothes and housing.

Factories and machines were built to meet this demand and new towns grew up, changing the landscape and the ways people lived and worked.

Railways, originally built to transport goods, meant people could travel easily around the country for the first time. Railways brought new foods to towns and cities.

Soldiers were at war all over the world especially in 1850 - 1880.

Many households had a servant or servants – in 1891, 2 million servants were recorded in the census

Seaside holidays were 'invented' (became popular).

Police Force 'invented'.

At the beginning of the Victorian period crossing the Atlantic took up to eight weeks. By 1901 it took about a week.

New cookers and gadgets for the home were invented.

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