When was slavery (in the plain, literal, legal sense) unambiguously outlawed in England and Wales?

romeomikegolf

1833. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Lslavery33.htm Mar 05 05, 12:02 AM

lammas

In 1772, as a result of a court ruling by the Lord Chief Justice of England. The case involved a slave who had escaped from his American owner while on a visit to England. A philanthropist called Granville Sharp fought for the slave's freedom through the courts until ultimately successful, and the case also established in passing that slavery was illegal in England. The judgement was very wide and said that "any man who reaches England or English territories shall be free". It was never tested in the courts whether this should also be enforcible in the American colonies, but it is likely that it would have been. This ruling greatly upset slave owners like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who wanted to hold on to their 'property', and was one of the main causes of the American Revolution in 1776. Mar 05 05, 12:09 AM

lammas

Romeomikegolf's answer refers, essentially, to the West Indies. The situation in England and Wales had been decide sixty years earlier. Mar 05 05, 12:14 AM

picqero

The 1833 Act made slavery illegal throughout the British Empire. The Royal Navy attempted with some success to prevent other nations trading in slaves in or from any territory controlled by Britain. Mar 05 05, 12:49 AM

bloomsby

Many thanks, all of you. Mar 05 05, 6:45 PM

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