British abolition of slavery (1833)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abolished	slavery in most of the British Empire
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:apprenticeshipSystemEnded	1838
gptkbp:compensation	£20 million slave owners
gptkbp:dateEnacted	1833-08-28
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	Slavery Abolition Act 1838 (full emancipation)
gptkbp:introducedApprenticeshipSystem	yes
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleFreed	over 800,000
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:William_Wilberforce gptkb:British_West_Indies gptkb:Thomas_Fowell_Buxton abolitionism
gptkbp:significance	major step in global abolition of slavery
gptkbp:startDate	1834-08-01
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:World_Anti-Slavery_Convention_(1840) gptkb:World_Anti-Slavery_Convention_1840
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	British abolition of slavery (1833)