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Slavery Abolition Act 1833
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
gptkbp:abolished
Slavery in most of the British Empire
gptkbp:affectedPopulation
Over 800,000 enslaved Africans
gptkbp:beganIn
1 August 1834
gptkbp:category
gptkb:United_Kingdom_Acts_of_Parliament_1833
Abolition of slavery
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:3_&_4_Will._IV_c._73
gptkbp:compensationFund
£20 million
gptkbp:excludes
gptkb:Ceylon
gptkb:Saint_Helena
gptkb:East_India_Company_territories
gptkbp:followedBy
gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1838
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
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:passedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:precededBy
gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807
gptkbp:providesFor
Apprenticeship system for former slaves
Compensation to slave owners
gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent
28 August 1833
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:William_Wilberforce
gptkb:British_West_Indies
Abolitionism
Slavery in the British Empire
gptkbp:repealedBy
gptkb:Statute_Law_(Repeals)_Act_1998
Yes
gptkbp:territory
gptkb:British_Empire_(excluding_territories_held_by_the_East_India_Company,_Ceylon,_and_Saint_Helena)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:British_abolitionists
gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkb:Emancipation_Day
gptkb:William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:Slavery
gptkbp:bfsLayer
5