- In 1807, William Wilberforce got the slave trade banned.
- Slavery didn't finish until 1833, another 30 years of fighting.
- Other notable things that caused slavery to be abolished included:
The general public signed an anti-slavery petition that gained hundreds of thousands of signatures.
A sugar boycott by women reduced profit earned by plantation owners.
The media used plays, paintings and cartoons to get their message across. Newspapers, poems and books were also another way to get the message out.
The Human Rights argument said that slavery was unethical.
The Christians believed it was bad because the slaves were being converted into Christians and so we were harming Christians.
Hannah More encouraged women to go against slavery
Touissant L'Overture led the first slave revolution.
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