Slavery Abolition Act

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Black and white print showing formerly enslaved people on a West Indian plantation celebrating their freedom as a man reads a proclamation.

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United Kingdom [1833]

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Black and white print showing formerly enslaved people on a West Indian plantation celebrating their freedom as a man reads a proclamation.

Slavery Abolition Act

Enslaved persons on a West Indian plantation being freed following passage of the...

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