1761 | Slavery abolished in mainland Portugal |
1787 | Foundation of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade |
1794 | Slavery abolished in French Colonies |
1802 | Slavery reintroduced in French Colonies |
1803 | Slave trading abolished in Denmark |
1807 | Slave trading abolished by Britain and United States |
1811 | Slavery abolished in Spain and Spanish Colonies
(violently opposed in Cuba and unenforced) |
1813 | Slave trading abolished by Sweden |
1814 | Slave trading abolished by The Netherlands |
1817 | Slave trading abolished by France (not effective until 1826) |
1819 | Slave trading abolished north of the equator by Portugal |
1820 | Slave trading abolished by Spain |
1834 | Slavery abolished in British Colonies (but slaves apprenticed until 1838) |
1842 | Slaves freed in Uruguay |
1843 | Slaves freed in Argentina |
1843 | Slavery abolished in Swedish Colonies |
1848 | Slavery abolished in French and Danish Colonies |
1851 | Slave trading abolished by Brazil |
1854 | Slavery abolished in Peru |
1858 | Slavery abolished in Portuguese Colonies (but slaves apprenticed for 20 years) |
1861 | Slavery abolished in Dutch Colonies in Caribbean |
1865 | Slavery abolished in the United States |
1870 | Slavery abolished in Cuba |
1888 | Slavery abolished in Brazil |
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| Illegal slaving continued in most countries even after the offical abolition of the trade. |
