British Slave Trade Act 1807

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:International_Day_for_the_Remembrance_of_the_Slave_Trade_and_its_Abolition 25 March (UK National Day of Remembrance of the Abolition of the Slave Trade)
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	British Slave Trade Act 1807
gptkbp:longTitle	gptkb:An_Act_for_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkbp:penalty	fines forfeiture of ships
gptkbp:prohibits	slave trade in the British Empire
gptkbp:purpose	Abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	25 March 1807
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1824 gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1843 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1873
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:William_Wilberforce gptkb:Charles_James_Fox gptkb:Lord_Grenville
gptkbp:status	repealed
gptkbp:territory	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Liberated_Africans gptkb:American_slave_trade
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7