mar 25, 1807 - The British Parliament abolished the slave trade.
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The Slave Act was an Act of Parliament of the untied kingdom passed on march 25. It outlawed the slave trade, but not slavery itself . It became illgeal to carry slaves in british ships the abolitionists had assumed that ending the slave trade would eventually lead to the freeing of enslaved peopleAdded to timeline:
Date:
mar 25, 1807
Now
~ 218 years ago