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In 1807 the slave trade was abolished by the British Parliament. It became illegal to buy and sell slaves, but people could still own them.
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In 1807 the slave trade was abolished by the British Parliament. It became illegal to buy and sell slaves, but people could still own them. In 1833 Parliament finally abolished by the British Parliament finally abolished slavery itself, both in Britain and within it's empire. The slave trade and the plantations were abolished and up came the freedom of the African black men. There were many factors that lead to the abolition to slavery. One of them was the action of the white middle class men who campaigned for their civil rights. The main campaigners were Quakers, Granville Sharpe and William Wilberforce who was an MP. Granville Sharpe helped the slaves and gave them free medical care as well as fighting for their rights and he fought the huge case of slave ship, Zong. William Wilberforce organised very big petitions to the parliament and they tried several times to get...
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