An earlier act called the abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed in Britain on 25 March 1807, which was an act that prohibited participating in the slave trade, but not slavery itself.

In 1807, the British Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act, which outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire. "Many, however, simply evaded its restrictions.

The County Museum's Tom Mayberry talks about the Somerset writer and social reformer's role in the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. Tom spoke to BBC Somerset Sound's Jo Phillips on Thursday ...

1807 - Britain passes Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, outlawing British Atlantic slave trade. - United States passes legislation banning the slave trade, effective from start of 1808.

The Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed through parliament on March 25 1807 which abolished the transatlantic slave trade. It did not, however, abolish slavery within the British colonies and ...