WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In later years, Wilberforce supported the campaign for the complete abolition of slavery and continued his involvement after 1826, when he resigned from Parliament because of his failing health. That campaign led to the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abolition of the transatlantic slave trade The most prominent abolitionists in Britain, notably Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce, were great publicists. Wilberforce (1759-1833) led the British parliamentary campaign to abolish the transatlantic slave trade and slavery. Opinion in Europe was also changing.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce, and the end of the slave trade in Britain. Clarkson and Wilberforce were two of the most prominent abolitionists, playing a vital role in the ultimate success of the campaign. Clarkson was a tireless campaigner and lobbyist.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States Civil War was a brutal war that lasted from 1861 to 1865. It left the South economically devastated, and resulted in the criminalization of slavery in the United States. Confederate General Lee surrendered to U.S. General Grant in the spring of 1865 officially ending the war.

Detailed explanation-5: -According to historians, the relatively rapid abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade is explained by ideological, religious, and economic change in Europe and the Americas. There is much debate about which factor was most important.