Abolition of slavery in British Empire
1833 · Event
The Slavery Abolition Act receives royal assent; it takes effect on 1 August 1834, with 'apprenticeship' lasting until 1838, and ends slavery across most of the British Empire.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), England, British Empire, Slavery & Abolition
Around 1833
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Reign of Victoria (1837)
- Victorian era (1837)
- Stockton and Darlington Railway opens (1825)
- Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830)
- The Great Wave off Kanagawa (1831)
- Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials (1829)
- Treaty of Waitangi signed (1840)
- Victorian era begins (1837)