For the American statute passed in the same year, see Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves.
United Kingdom legislation
Slave Trade Act 1807
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
Citation
47 Geo. 3 Sess. 1. c. 36
Introduced by
William Grenville
Territorial extent
British Empire
Dates
Royal assent
25 March 1807
Other legislation
Repealed by
Statute Law Revision Act 1861
Status: Repealed
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The Slave Trade Act 1807, officially An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade,[1] was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom prohibiting the slave trade in the British Empire. Although it did not abolish the practice of slavery, it encouraged British action to press other nation states to abolish their own slave trades. It took effect on 1 May 1807, after 18 years of trying to pass an abolition bill.[2]
Many of the supporters thought the Act would lead to the end of slavery.[3] Slavery on English soil was unsupported in English law and that position was confirmed in Somerset's case in 1772, but it remained legal in most of the British Empire until the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.
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