Slavery in the United Kingdom

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Slavery_in_the_United_Kingdom

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:abolished	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807 gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 gptkb:Somersett's_Case
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Slavery in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:legacy	gptkb:Abolitionist_movement gptkb:Modern_Slavery_Act_2015 Compensation to slave owners Emancipation of enslaved people Modern slavery legislation
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807 gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 Somersett's Case (1772)
gptkbp:notableOrganization	gptkb:Clapham_Sect gptkb:Anti-Slavery_Society gptkb:Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Josiah_Wedgwood gptkb:William_Wilberforce gptkb:Zachary_Macaulay gptkb:James_Stephen gptkb:Thomas_Clarkson gptkb:Hannah_More gptkb:Granville_Sharp gptkb:Elizabeth_Heyrick gptkb:Mary_Prince gptkb:Olaudah_Equiano gptkb:John_Newton gptkb:Lord_Mansfield gptkb:Ignatius_Sancho gptkb:Dido_Elizabeth_Belle
gptkbp:period	gptkb:Early_Modern_period gptkb:Roman_Britain gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England gptkb:Medieval_England
gptkbp:relatedConcept	gptkb:colonialism abolitionism human trafficking slave trade plantation economy serfdom indentured servitude
gptkbp:relatedLegislation	gptkb:Modern_Slavery_Act_2015 gptkb:Slave_Trade_Act_1807 gptkb:Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 gptkb:Somersett's_Case Slave Compensation Act 1837
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade Modern slavery in the United Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Somerset_v_Stewart
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8