Documentary series exploring the abolition of Slavery in the British Dominions in 1833. In Episode 1 of this two-part documentary series, Luke Tomes explores the rebirth of an abolition movement in ...

I was the first Black woman to publish my experiences and it helped push towards the Emancipation Act of 1833, which abolished slavery in most parts of the British Empire. But although people were ...

Today marks an important date in British history. The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 ...

Scotland's History Land and Votes Slavery is abolished across the Empire The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Exodus and its connection to slavery and liberation.

An anti-slavery arch on a Gloucestershire street corner is gleaming once more after a £42,000 project to repair and restore ...

On the assumption that slavery was a state rather than national institution, antislavery advocates at first anticipated that military defeat of the Confederacy would result in its abolition ...

It did not, however, abolish slavery within the British colonies and this continued until 1833. Many key figures involved in the appalling slave trade hailed from Lancashire - including ...