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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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gptkbp:abolished
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Slavery in the British Empire
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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gptkb:British_Caribbean_colonies
gptkb:Mauritius
gptkb:British_North_America
gptkb:Cape_Colony
Other British colonies
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gptkbp:category
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gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_Kingdom
Slavery in the British Empire
1833 in law
1833 in the United Kingdom
Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning slavery
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gptkbp:citation
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gptkb:3_&_4_Will._IV_c._73
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gptkbp:compensation
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£20 million
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gptkbp:dateEnacted
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28 August 1833
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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gptkbp:excludes
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gptkb:Ceylon
gptkb:Saint_Helena
gptkb:East_India_Company_territories
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gptkbp:followedBy
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Slavery Abolition Act 1838 (India)
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Abolition Act 1833
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gptkbp:influenced
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Abolition movements worldwide
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gptkbp:introducedApprenticeshipSystem
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Yes
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gptkbp:legacy
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Ended legal slavery in most of the British Empire
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gptkbp:notableBattle
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Slave-owning interests
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gptkbp:notableSupporter
|
gptkb:William_Wilberforce
gptkb:Zachary_Macaulay
gptkb:Thomas_Clarkson
gptkb:Elizabeth_Heyrick
gptkb:Thomas_Fowell_Buxton
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807
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gptkbp:providedCompensationTo
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Slave owners
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gptkbp:purpose
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Abolition of slavery in most of the British Empire
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gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
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28 August 1833
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807
gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
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gptkbp:repealedBy
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gptkb:Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1998
1998
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gptkbp:shortName
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gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
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gptkbp:startDate
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1 August 1834
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gptkbp:territory
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British Empire (except territories held by the East India Company, Ceylon, and Saint Helena)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:British_rule_of_Jamaica
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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