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Why Was Slavery Abolished In The British Empire In 1833?

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Why was slavery abolished in the British Empire in 1833?
Introduction
Slavery is when someone is legally owned by someone and must do what they say. As they are owned, the often received now pay and were severely punished. The slaves were either caught by Europeans or bought from other tribes.
The British Empire was the largest empire in history covering a quarter of the globe. This lead to the term ‘the Sun never sets on the Empire’. The British had lots of land in the West Indies and Caribbean and most slaves were sent there.
The Brits used slaves to increase production in certain areas of manual labour such as tobacco and sugar making.

Black People’s Actions Olaudah Equiano was a slave who was supposed abducted from south Nigeria yet he says in later life that he was born in America. After travelling for many years, he then gets sold to Robert King. While working for King, he managed to pay for his freedom. He then came to England where he published his autobiography which told the public about slavery and the horrible mental and physical effects it has. There were some revolts against the slave owners, with the largest one in St Domingue, the western part of and island called Hispaniola. The area is now Haiti. It was the biggest slave area and produced most of the world’s coffee and sugar. Slavery was particularly bad in St Domingue. Slaves often slept in mud huts and were over-worked, even by slave owners’ standards. Some slave owners put masks on their slaves

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