The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 of Parliament of the United Kingdom abolished slavery throughout the British Empire. This was as a result of the campain lead by William Wilberforce.
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Slavery in the Caribbean officially ended in the 1830s with the British Emancipation Act of 1833. However, in some areas, slavery persisted until the 1860s due to delayed implementation or resistance from plantation owners.
Haiti was the first Caribbean country to achieve independence from slavery in 1804 after a successful slave revolt against French colonial rule.
Slavery was abolished in the Caribbean in different years depending on the specific country. For example, in British colonies such as Jamaica and Barbados, slavery was abolished in 1834 with the Slavery Abolition Act. In French colonies like Haiti, slavery was abolished in 1794 during the French Revolution but then reintroduced, only to be permanently abolished in 1848. Other Caribbean countries had varying abolition dates based on their colonial histories and legislative processes.
The term used to describe the end of slavery is abolition.
Slavery was legal in many parts of the world in the 1800s, including the United States, Brazil, Cuba, and various European colonies in Africa and the Caribbean.
The Supreme Court did not decide to end slavery. Slavery was formally abolished in the United States with the passage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.