British abolition of slavery (1833)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/British_abolition_of_slavery_(1833)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
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)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label British abolition of slavery (1833)
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