how and whendid the slave trade start and when did it abolished
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The act abolished the Slave Trade in the British colonies. It became illegal to carry slaves in British ships (although many ships tried to evade the ban). The ultimate aim, however, had always been the abolition of slavery itself.
The abolitionists had assumed that ending the Slave Trade would eventually lead to the freeing of all enslaved people. When it became clear this would not happen, Clarkson joined with Thomas Fowell Buxton in 1823, to form 'the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery' (later the Anti-Slavery Society). At first the aim, as the title suggests, was for gradual abolition.
In May 1823, Thomas Fowell Buxton, the Society's representative, introduced a motion in the House of Commons, "That the state of Slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies".
However, when it became clear that the West Indian planters were not implementing the improvements to conditions and rights for enslaved people, that had been agreed in an 1823 'amelioration programme', the abolitionists hardened their stance. New campaigners, such as Elizabeth Heyrick, pressed for total abolition and the removal of the word 'gradual' from the resolution.
In the second quarter of the nineteenth century, the abolitionists, particuarly women's groups, organized letter-writing campaigns, petition drives and sugar boycotts. Thomas Clarkson went back on his travels, visiting every county in England, Scotland and Wales. The sons of James Stephen organised speaking tours around the country. By the late 1820s, abolitionists were demanding immediate emancipation, as well as supporting calls for political reform; this they saw as necessary, to break the control of the West India Lobby.
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The abolitionists had assumed that ending the Slave Trade would eventually lead to the freeing of all enslaved people. When it became clear this would not happen, Clarkson joined with Thomas Fowell Buxton in 1823, to form 'the Society for the Mitigation and Gradual Abolition of Slavery' (later the Anti-Slavery Society). At first the aim, as the title suggests, was for gradual abolition.
In May 1823, Thomas Fowell Buxton, the Society's representative, introduced a motion in the House of Commons, "That the state of Slavery is repugnant to the principles of the British constitution and of the Christian religion and that it ought to be gradually abolished throughout the British colonies".
However, when it became clear that the West Indian planters were not implementing the improvements to conditions and rights for enslaved people, that had been agreed in an 1823 'amelioration programme', the abolitionists hardened their stance. New campaigners, such as Elizabeth Heyrick, pressed for total abolition and the removal of the word 'gradual' from the resolution.
In the second quarter of the nineteenth century, the abolitionists, particuarly women's groups, organized letter-writing campaigns, petition drives and sugar boycotts. Thomas Clarkson went back on his travels, visiting every county in England, Scotland and Wales. The sons of James Stephen organised speaking tours around the country. By the late 1820s, abolitionists were demanding immediate emancipation, as well as supporting calls for political reform; this they saw as necessary, to break the control of the West India Lobby.
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