<P> The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ( 3 & 4 Will . IV c. 73 ) was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire ( with the exceptions `` of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company '' , Ceylon , now Sri Lanka , and Saint Helena ; the exceptions were eliminated in 1843 ) . The Act was repealed in 1998 as part of a wider rationalisation of English statute law , but later anti-slavery legislation remains in force . </P>
<P> The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 ( 3 & 4 Will . IV c. 73 ) was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout the British Empire ( with the exceptions `` of the Territories in the Possession of the East India Company '' , Ceylon , now Sri Lanka , and Saint Helena ; the exceptions were eliminated in 1843 ) . The Act was repealed in 1998 as part of a wider rationalisation of English statute law , but later anti-slavery legislation remains in force . </P>
when did the slave trade end in britain
when did the slave trade end in britain
1833
1833