Pre 1940s
Category: Other
Updated: 3 Dec 2021
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Created byLucy-May Galbraith
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Abolition of Slavery Act 1833
comes into effect
01/08/1834Freedom comes to the British colonies
01/08/1838Trinidad becomes a British Colony
1802Tobago becomes a British Colony
1814Trinidad and Tobago are combined
to make one Crown Colony
20/10/1889Emigration (Children) Act 1918
05/05/1918Children Act 1925
17/03/1925Offences Against
the Persons Act 1925
03/04/1925Elementary Education Act 1871
07/03/1871Education Act 1880
26/08/1880London Society for Prevention
of Cruelty to Children founded
(later renamed the NSPCC)
1884Prevention of Cruelty to,
and Protection of, Children
Act 1889
26/08/1889Prevention of Cruelty
to Children Act 1904
10/12/1904Children and Young
Persons Act 1933
13/04/1933Indian indentured immigration starts
1845 - 1917Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807
25/03/1807Effecting the Abolition of the
Slave Trade (SEAST) is formed
22/05/1787The gradual abolition of
the slave trade was voted
for by the House of Commons
April 1792The Slave Trade Regulation Act 1788
11/07/1788Foreign Slave Trade Act 1806
23/05/1806The Anti-Slavery
Society is formed
31/01/1823The Great Reform Act 1832
07/06/1832Slavery "Apprenticeship" scheme
for slaves to "earn" their freedom
is abolished
01/08/1838Treaty of Paris
10/02/1763Indenture outlawed
by the British Empire
01/03/1917Children Act 1908
21/12/1908Periods
WORLD WAR ONEWORLD WAR TWO
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