Add to ORKGHistorians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trade, many of which labeled either focusing on economics, gaining popularity amongst the masses, or sheer Evangelical virtue as the cause. However, scholars often fail to consider the climate of war present in 1807 and how decisions related to the war greatly affected the profitability of the trade. Furthermore, it is often not acknowledged how the members of parliament involved in the said decision were staunch Evangelicals and subsequently abolitionists, as were those who associated with them. Men such as William Wilberforce and James Stephen were able to rally support for policies that were disguised as acts to defend national interests at a ...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
Parliament’s abolition of the British Atlantic slave trade in 1807 was celebrated as a national triu...
Historians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trad...
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
This thesis explores the late-eighteenth-century movement to end Britain’s transatlantic slave trade...
The abolition of slavery in Britain and its Atlantic empire was a protracted process that took centu...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
The Evangelical party within the Church of England, led by William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect,...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
Historical discourse has long existed around the causes behind the abolition of the British slave tr...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
Parliament’s abolition of the British Atlantic slave trade in 1807 was celebrated as a national triu...
Historians have considered a variety of possible reasons for the British Abolition of the slave trad...
When the nineteenth century dawned, Great Britain�s trade with Africa was practically identical with...
This thesis explores the late-eighteenth-century movement to end Britain’s transatlantic slave trade...
The abolition of slavery in Britain and its Atlantic empire was a protracted process that took centu...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
There was as pronounced a parliamentary dimension to the escalation of England's slave trade as ther...
The Evangelical party within the Church of England, led by William Wilberforce and the Clapham Sect,...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
Historical discourse has long existed around the causes behind the abolition of the British slave tr...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
During the late eighteenth century organized anti-slavery, in the shape of the campaign to end the A...
In the 26 years between 1807 and 1833, Britain not only put an end to its involvement in the transat...
Parliament’s abolition of the British Atlantic slave trade in 1807 was celebrated as a national triu...