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200th Anniversary of the act to abolish slavery
1562 John Hawkins becomes the first known English sailor to obtain African slaves for sale in the West Indies
1786 Thomas Clarkson publishes essay on atrocities of slavery
1787 12 Christians including Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp form a committee for the abolition of the Slave Trade. William Pitt suggests to WIlliam Wilberforce that he champion the movement in parliament
1789 Former slave Olaudah Equiano publishes a personal account of the horrors of the slave trade
1791 First bill defeated, defeated 10 more times
1807 Abolition Bill passed
1833 Slave trade outlawed in British Empire, 3 days before Wilberforce dies
200th Anniversary of the act to abolish slavery
1562 John Hawkins becomes the first known English sailor to obtain African slaves for sale in the West Indies
1786 Thomas Clarkson publishes essay on atrocities of slavery
1787 12 Christians including Thomas Clarkson and Granville Sharp form a committee for the abolition of the Slave Trade. William Pitt suggests to WIlliam Wilberforce that he champion the movement in parliament
1789 Former slave Olaudah Equiano publishes a personal account of the horrors of the slave trade
1791 First bill defeated, defeated 10 more times
1807 Abolition Bill passed
1833 Slave trade outlawed in British Empire, 3 days before Wilberforce dies