Abolition Campaign Organizes New Society
Thomas Fowell Buxton became a leading parliamentary voice in the organized campaign for emancipation throughout Britain's colonies.
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Thomas Fowell Buxton Biography and Timeline
Follow Thomas Fowell Buxton through 9 dated historical records for Great Britain.
Thomas Fowell Buxton, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1823
1831
Buxton Challenges Colonial Slavery
Thomas Fowell Buxton continued pressing Parliament to replace enslavement in the colonies with a system of legal freedom.
1832
Abolitionists Mobilize Election Pressure
Thomas Fowell Buxton and other campaigners urged voters to support parliamentary candidates committed to ending slavery.
1833
Buxton Debates Apprenticeship Proposals
Thomas Fowell Buxton challenged aspects of the government's emancipation proposals while continuing to press for the abolition of slavery.
Legislation Excludes Several Territories
The 1833 legislation did not immediately apply emancipation to every imperial territory, and its exclusions required later action.
1834
Emancipation Raises Labour Rights Questions
Thomas Fowell Buxton and fellow reformers continued debating the limited freedom created by colonial apprenticeship rules.
1835
Anti Apprenticeship Criticism Continues
Abolitionists continued criticizing the apprenticeship regime because it retained coerced labour and plantation discipline after legal emancipation.
1838
Abolitionists Celebrate Apprenticeship End
Thomas Fowell Buxton and the wider antislavery movement welcomed the end of the apprenticeship regime that had followed the 1833 Act.
1843
Buxton Extends Campaign Against Slave Trade
Thomas Fowell Buxton continued advocating international measures against slavery and the slave trade after British colonial emancipation.
Records, sources and methodology
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