Slave Trade Act 1807
E12769
The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Slave Trade Act 1807 canonical | 12 |
| Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807 | 2 |
| British Slave Trade Act 1807 | 2 |
| Abolitionism in the United Kingdom | 1 |
| An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T115792 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slave Trade Act 1807 Context triple: [Slavery Abolition Act 1833, relatedEarlierLegislation, Slave Trade Act 1807]
-
A.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was a landmark British law that ended slavery throughout most of the British Empire, leading to the emancipation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, particularly in the Caribbean.
-
B.
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century British abolitionist organization dedicated to ending slavery and the slave trade worldwide through political advocacy, public campaigning, and international cooperation.
-
C.
Peonage Act of 1867
The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
-
D.
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
-
E.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established citizenship and equal civil rights for all persons born in the United States, particularly protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Slave Trade Act 1807 Target entity description: The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.
-
A.
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was a landmark British law that ended slavery throughout most of the British Empire, leading to the emancipation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, particularly in the Caribbean.
-
B.
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
The British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society was a 19th-century British abolitionist organization dedicated to ending slavery and the slave trade worldwide through political advocacy, public campaigning, and international cooperation.
-
C.
Peonage Act of 1867
The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
-
D.
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is a landmark provision to the United States Constitution that formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the country, except as punishment for a crime.
-
E.
Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a landmark U.S. federal law that established citizenship and equal civil rights for all persons born in the United States, particularly protecting the rights of formerly enslaved people after the Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
abolitionist legislation ⓘ |
| aimedTo | end British participation in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
British colonies
ⓘ
British ports ⓘ British ships ⓘ |
| cameIntoForce | 1807-05-01 ⓘ |
| category |
1807 in British law
ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1807 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
Slavery legislation ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfRoyalAssent | 1807-03-25 ⓘ |
| doesNotAbolish | slavery within the British Empire ⓘ |
| enforcedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| enforcedInRegion | West African coast ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Slave Trade Act 1824
ⓘ
Slave Trade Act 1843 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
major victory for the British abolitionist movement
ⓘ
marked the legal end of British participation in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| influenced | international abolitionist efforts ⓘ |
| inspired |
Royal Navy West Africa Squadron enforcement
ⓘ
subsequent anti-slave-trade treaties ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | British Empire ⓘ |
| keySupporter |
Granville Sharp
ⓘ
Henry Brougham ⓘ Thomas Clarkson ⓘ William Wilberforce ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | statute ⓘ |
| legalStatusOfSlaveTrade | illegal in the British Empire after 1807 ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
ⓘ
surface form:
Parliament of the United Kingdom
|
| locationOfPassage |
City of Westminster
ⓘ
surface form:
Westminster
|
| longTitle |
Slave Trade Act 1807
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
|
| madeTransatlanticSlaveTradeIllegal | true ⓘ |
| monarchAtEnactment |
George III of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
George III
|
| partOf | British abolition of the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| penalty |
fines
ⓘ
forfeiture of ships ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier failed abolition bills ⓘ |
| prohibited |
British involvement in the transatlantic slave trade
ⓘ
carrying enslaved Africans in British ships ⓘ |
| reign |
George III of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
George III
|
| relatedTo | Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Slave Trade Act 1807 self-link ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | abolition of the slave trade ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1807 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Slave Trade Act 1807 Description of subject: The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British Slave Trade Act 1807
this entity surface form:
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade
this entity surface form:
Abolitionism in the United Kingdom
this entity surface form:
British Slave Trade Act 1807
this entity surface form:
Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807
this entity surface form:
Abolition of the Slave Trade Act 1807
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner
→
relatedToLegislation
→
Slave Trade Act 1807
ⓘ