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> pressure to join France in abolishing slavery in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean would have grown Not sure what this statement is about. It was British who ab
by Wintamute 11y ago
> pressure to join France in abolishing slavery in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean would have grown
Not sure what this statement is about. It was British who abolished the slave trade, and pressured the rest of the world to follow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807
- alain94040 11y agoNot quite. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolition_of_slavery_timeline: 1792: Denmark–Norway declares transatlantic slave trade illegal after 1803 (though slavery continues in Danish colonies to 1848).[36] 1793: Upper Canada (Ontario) abolishes import of slaves by Act Against Slavery. 1794: France abolishes slavery in all its possessions. (However, slavery is restored by Napoleon in 1802.)[37]