The Abolition of Slavery

Not fully surpressed. Over 1000 people died and the fighting caused millions of dollars in damage.

Lord William Mansfield made a decision in court that basically established that slavery couldn't legally exist in England.

John Wesley (the father of the methodist movement) published a book that denounced slavery.

The group planned to abolish the slave trade, not slavery itself because they thought that that was a more realistic goal.

Pamphlets were written and lies were told!

Oladah Equaino saved enough money to buy himself out of slavery, converted to Christianity and then wrote an extremely detailed autobiography.

At least 300 000 Britons stopped eating sugar, and even more only bought exclusively from India.

519 petitions against slavery were signed by 390 000 people.

An astonishing defeat.