jul 27, 1833 - Slavery Abolition Act (1833)

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The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 abolished slavery throughout the British Empire.

This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire, with the exception "of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company", Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Saint Helena.

The Act was repealed in 1998 as a part of wider rationalisation of English statute law; however, later anti-slavery legislation remains in force.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

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