Slaves

By Nicholas clayton
  • 1562

    1562

    First English slaving export by Sir John Hawkins

  • 1672

    Royal Africa Company accepted the agreement to carry Africans to the Americas

  • 1772

    Granville Sharp won an historic ruling in the Somerset case which held that no slave could be forcibly removed from Britain

  • 1778

    Slavery made illegal in Scotland

  • 1786

    Thomas Clarkson publishes A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of its Action.

  • 1787

    John Newton publishes Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade

  • 1789

    Olaudah Equiano publishes The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African.

  • 1790

    The first bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade fails.

  • 1791

    Slave rebellion on the island of St Domingue

  • 1792

    House of Lords reject an Abolition Bill passed by the House of Commons.

  • 1794

    France abolishes slavery in all its territories.

  • 1804

    Slave rebellion on the island of St Domingue successful and the first independent black state outside Africa Haiti is established.

  • 1807

    On 25 March, transatlantic slave trade abolished by the British Parliament.

  • 1833

    The Abolition of Slavery Act is passed by the British Parliament, abolishing the practice of slavery in all British territories