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WILLIAM WILBERFORCE
("THE LIBERATOR")
1759-1833


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175th ANNIVERSARY

 
Abolition Act 1833 abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire came into force (August 1, 1834) 

 

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 200th ANNIVERSARY
Slave Trade Act 1807
 (which prohibited British vessels engaging in the slave trade) came into force (January 1, 1808)

 



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THIS YEAR'S ANNIVERSARIES

200th ANNIVERSARY


Slave Trade Act 1807
(which prohibited British vessels engaging in the slave trade) came into force
(January 1, 1808)

200th ANNIVERSARY
 

Establishment of the
 West African Squadron,
a naval squadron of the
British Navy based in
Sierra Leone,
to suppress the
West African slave trade

175th ANNIVERSARY

 
Abolition Act 1833 abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire came into force (August 1, 1834)

175th ANNIVERSARY
Death of William Wilberforce
(August 5, 1833)

 

 

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 Ramappa Moogappa,
a 12 year old pawn slave
 

THIS MONTH'S ANNIVERSARIES


October 7, 1772:
Death of John Woolman
(early American abolitionist)

October 19, 1720: Birth of John Woolman (American abolitionist)



October 16, 1859: Capture of Harpers Ferry by John Brown

October 10, 1832: Death of James Stephen (British abolitionist)


October 11, 1933: International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age 1933


October 20, 1947: Protocol amending the 1921 and 1933 Trafficking Conventions approved by the United Nations General Assembly

October 25:
Bonded Labour Day or Bonded Labour System Awareness Day
(photo of bonded child laborer who has been assisted by one of the Society's programs in India)

 

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