How slavery was abolished.

By MrsFreestone
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    Aobolition of slavery

  • Slaves argued to be treated like servants with wages

  • Granville Sharp starts helping slaves in court.

  • Equiano buys his freedom.

  • Agitators tour Britain arguing against slave trade.

  • Clarkson published essay.

  • Wedgewood designs anti slavery pendant

  • Clarkson and Sharp founded Committee for Affecting the Abolition of Slave Trade

  • 10,000 people sign a petition in Manchester

  • New law regulating the way in which slaves are transported is passed in Britain.

  • Mary Prince born

  • Equiano publishes his life story

  • Women boycott slave produced sugar

  • 20,000 people sign petition in Manchester

  • Meeting in Sheffield of working class supporters

  • Equiano dies.

  • Slaves still being sold in Britain

  • Abolition Act passed in Britain

  • Women begin boycott of slave produced sugar again

  • Women's societies run anti-slavery campaigns

  • Elizabeth Heyrick wrote anti-slavery leaflet

  • Mary Prince comes to Britain

  • Slaves rebel in Jamaica

  • Mary Prince publishes her autobiography

  • Slavery abolished in Britain and the British Empire