Question

write a note on the abolition of slavery .​

Answer 1

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Slavery Abolition Act, (1833), in British history, act of Parliament that abolished slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada. It received Royal Assent on August 28, 1833, and took effect on August 1, 1834.

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Answer 2

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Slavery abolition act , (1833), in british history act of Parliament that abolition slavery in most British colonies , freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number in Canada . It received Royal Assent on August 28 1833 and took effect on August 1, 1834.

Explanation:

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Before the French Revolution in 1789, France had three colonies of the Caribbean - Martinique, Guadeloupe and San Domingo under its control. These places were major suppliers of sugar, coffee, indigo and tobacco.

 

The triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and America began in the 17th century.

 

Merchants sailed from the French ports to the African coast where they bought Negroes, who are natives of Africa, from the local chieftains.

 

Port cities like Bordeaux and Nantes were flourishing economically because of the slave trade.

 

The National Convention voted to abolish slavery in all the French colonies on February 4, 1794.

 

Slavery was reintroduced in the French colonies by Napoleon Bonaparte. Slavery was finally abolished in 1848 by the French Second Republic.