Dates Towards Abolition

Question 1

1776

Answer 1

David Hartley introduces a debate in the House of Commons ‘that the slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man’. It is defeated.

Question 2

1787

Answer 2

The Committee for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade is founded.

Question 3

1788

Answer 3

The first restrictions on the operation of the slave trade are made by the Dolben Act.

Question 4

1789

Answer 4

William Wilberforce presents the first abolition bill to the House of Commons, but it does not pass.

Question 5

1792

Answer 5

519 petitions are handed into Parliament, the greatest number ever submitted about one subject, totalling over 400,000 names. The House of Commons votes in favour of the abolition of the trade, but the House of Lords rejects the bill.

Question 6

1803

Answer 6

Danish Slave trade abolished

Question 7

1807

Answer 7

The Abolition Bill is passed and becomes law in March. However it does not end slavery, just the trade.

Question 8

David Hartley introduces a debate in the House of Commons ‘that the slave trade is contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man’. It is defeated.

Answer 8

1776

Question 9

The Committee for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade is founded.

Answer 9

1787

Question 10

The first restrictions on the operation of the slave trade are made by the Dolben Act.

Answer 10

1788

Question 11

William Wilberforce presents the first abolition bill to the House of Commons, but it does not pass.

Answer 11

1789

Question 12

519 petitions are handed into Parliament, the greatest number ever submitted about one subject, totalling over 400,000 names. The House of Commons votes in favour of the abolition of the trade, but the House of Lords rejects the bill.

Answer 12

1792

Question 13

Danish Slave trade abolished

Answer 13

1803

Question 14

The Abolition Bill is passed and becomes law in March. However it does not end slavery, just the trade.

Answer 14

1807