Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools
Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools
Africa in the Age of Imperialism - Saskatoon Public Schools
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Abolition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> slave trade<br />
• Dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Enlightenment, some Europeans called for<br />
an end to <strong>the</strong> slave trade and slavery. By <strong>the</strong> early<br />
1800s, this humanitarian concern was hav<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
effect. Brita<strong>in</strong> outlawed <strong>the</strong> slave trade <strong>in</strong> 1807.<br />
Brita<strong>in</strong> also conv<strong>in</strong>ced o<strong>the</strong>r nations at <strong>the</strong> Congress<br />
<strong>of</strong> Vienna to condemn <strong>the</strong> slave trade. But Portugal,<br />
Spa<strong>in</strong>, and France did not end <strong>the</strong>ir slave trade until<br />
1820.