William Wilberforce1806
The Foreign Slave Trade Act is quickly passed and the tactic proves successful, the new legislation effectively prohibited two-thirds of the British slave trade
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The Foreign Slave Trade Act is quickly passed and the tactic proves successful, the new legislation effectively prohibited two-thirds of the British slave trade
The Slave Trade Act receives the royal assent
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