SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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British Planters who opposed the abolition of slavery
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British Abolitionists who wanted to get rid of the slave trade
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British Priests who wanted to preach anti-slavery sentiments
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British industrialists who wanted to switch from manual labour to machinery
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1823 abolitionists formed the Society for the Migration and Gradual Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Dominions to call for the emancipation of all those enslaved in the colonies. Among the Society’s members were Wilberforce and the MP Thomas Fowell Buxton.
Detailed explanation-2: -The British government passed the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833, which emancipated all slaves in the British West Indies.
Detailed explanation-3: -The West India Interest lobbied on behalf of the Caribbean sugar trade in Britain during the late eighteenth century. Beginning in the 17th century, Caribbean colonies appointed paid lobbyists, who were called colonial agents, to act on behalf of the legislatures in the colonies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The West India Lobby included the Duke of Clarence, one of the sons of George III, and proved tough opposition to the abolitionists. Wealthy merchants from London, Liverpool and Bristol also exerted pressure on governments to oppose the abolition of the slave trade.