<P> The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ( 3 & 4 Will . IV c. 73 ) abolished slavery throughout the British Empire . This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807 , making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire , with the exception `` of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company '' , Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) , and Saint Helena . The Act was repealed in 1997 as a part of wider rationalisation of English statute law ; however , later anti-slavery legislation remains in force . </P>
<P> The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ( 3 & 4 Will . IV c. 73 ) abolished slavery throughout the British Empire . This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807 , making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire , with the exception `` of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company '' , Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) , and Saint Helena . The Act was repealed in 1997 as a part of wider rationalisation of English statute law ; however , later anti-slavery legislation remains in force . </P>
when was slavery abolished in the british colonies
when was slavery abolished in the british colonies
1833
1833