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First English slaving export by Sir John Hawkins
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Royal Africa Company accepted the agreement to carry Africans to the Americas
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Granville Sharp won an historic ruling in the Somerset case which held that no slave could be forcibly removed from Britain
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Slavery made illegal in Scotland
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Thomas Clarkson publishes A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of its Action.
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John Newton publishes Thoughts upon the African Slave Trade
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Olaudah Equiano publishes The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African.
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The first bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade fails.
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Slave rebellion on the island of St Domingue
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House of Lords reject an Abolition Bill passed by the House of Commons.
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France abolishes slavery in all its territories.
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Slave rebellion on the island of St Domingue successful and the first independent black state outside Africa Haiti is established.
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On 25 March, transatlantic slave trade abolished by the British Parliament.
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The Abolition of Slavery Act is passed by the British Parliament, abolishing the practice of slavery in all British territories