On 2 January 1807 The Prime Minister, Lord Grenville, threw all of his weight behind his Slave Trade Abolition Bill in the House of Lords, with a strong speech on morality. The Bill was passed ...

Just before Newton's death in 1807, the English government officially brought to a close its participation in the slave trade.

Congress accepted the invitation, and although the law underwent several modifications in subsequent years, on March 2, 1807, it passed a federal prohibition of the slave trade, effective January ...

After Britain abolished the slave trade in 1807, the 'West Africa Squadron' of the Royal Navy patrolled the Atlantic Ocean trying to stop the slave trade. The British also signed anti-slavery ...

Following the abolition of the British slave trade in 1807, a Royal Navy squadron was stationed off the West African coast to intercept and capture slaving vessels of other nations. The West ...

As a result of the passage of this bill, not only was the slave trade to be brought to an end in 1807 but that a squadron of ships of the Royal Navy was to be set to patrol along the West African ...

These figures were made to coincide with the freeing of slaves in British colonies in 1834Although the British Parliament abolished the Transatlantic Slave Trade in 1807, the slaves in British ...

The project was funded by the Ontario government, which has invested $1 million toward community-based initiatives that commemorate the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act.