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The end of slavery
The slave trade was abolished in 1807, but it wasn鈥檛 until 1833 that Britain abolished slavery throughout the Empire. The government paid out a total of 20 million pounds in compensation to plantation owners.
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Working class and women abolitionists
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Wealth created by British slave traders
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