Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:47_Geo._3_Sess._1_c._36
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:International_Day_for_the_Remembrance_of_the_Slave_Trade_and_its_Abolition
gptkbp:dateEnacted	25 March 1807
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	First major step towards abolition of slavery in the British Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807
gptkbp:influenced	abolitionist movements worldwide
gptkbp:introduced	gptkb:William_Grenville gptkb:Charles_Grey
gptkbp:longTitle	gptkb:An_Act_for_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkbp:penalty	Fines Forfeiture of ships
gptkbp:purpose	Abolish the slave trade in the British Empire
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	25 March 1807
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1824
gptkbp:status	Repealed
gptkbp:subjectOf	historical studies museum exhibitions
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:triangular_trade gptkb:Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6