British Slavery Abolition Act 1833

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:abolished	slavery in most British colonies
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:Mauritius gptkb:British_West_Indies gptkb:British_North_America gptkb:Cape_Colony other British colonies
gptkbp:apprenticeshipSystemEnded	1838
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:3_&_4_Will._IV_c._73
gptkbp:compensation	£20 million
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dateEnacted	28 August 1833
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Ceylon gptkb:Saint_Helena Territories in the possession of the East India Company
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1838
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	Ended legal slavery in most of the British Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British Slavery Abolition Act 1833
gptkbp:introducedApprenticeshipSystem	yes
gptkbp:longTitle	gptkb:An_Act_for_the_Abolition_of_Slavery_throughout_the_British_Colonies;_for_promoting_the_Industry_of_the_manumitted_Slaves;_and_for_compensating_the_Persons_hitherto_entitled_to_the_Services_of_such_Slaves.
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807
gptkbp:providedCompensationTo	slave owners
gptkbp:purpose	Abolition of slavery
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent	28 August 1833
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1838 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807
gptkbp:repealedBy	gptkb:Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1998
gptkbp:shortName	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:startDate	1 August 1834
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Slavery_in_the_Development_of_the_Americas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8