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Following a long campaign by the Quakers and William Wilberforce, the British Parliament passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833. What was the specific outcome of this 1833 legislation?

  1. It abolished the practice of slavery throughout most of the British Empire.Answer
  2. B
    It made the buying and selling of enslaved people on British ships illegal.
  3. C
    It created the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron to enforce a ban on the slave trade.
  4. D
    It was the first formal petition against the trade to be presented to Parliament.

Answer

The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 abolished the practice of slavery throughout most of the British Empire.
The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 was the landmark legislation that officially ended the practice of slavery throughout most of the British Empire, following the earlier 1807 ban on the trade itself.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Distinguish between the two major abolitionist laws.
The 1807 Act targeted the trade (buying/selling), while the 1833 Act targeted the status of slavery itself.
The exam requires differentiating between the 'Abolition of the Slave Trade' and the 'Abolition of Slavery'.
2
Identify the specific effect of the 1833 Act.
Emancipation of enslaved people throughout the majority of the Empire.
This law completed the campaign started decades earlier by Wilberforce and the Quakers.

Key Concept

The distinction between the 1807 and 1833 Abolition Acts

Practice More

Review the specific roles of William Wilberforce and the Quakers in the 1783-1833 timeline.
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The Slave Trade and its Abolition

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