Syllabus of the Subject: Abolitionist Movements. Abolition of Slavery .
American Quakers were the first to condemn Slavery and slave trade .
Some protagonists of abolitionism :
Quakers ;
William Wilberforce ;
Harriet Tubman ;
Frederick Douglass ;
Victor Schoelcher ;
Olaudah Equiano, an African slave and author of an autobiography (1789);
Society of the Friends of the Blacks (Paris, London - 1787);
Slaves of Santo Domingo (French colony). 1793:
Abolition of Slavery. Toussaint Louverture ;
Haitian Revolution;
Henry David Thoreau .
Three key economic factors :
Adam Smith (British economist): a free worker is more profitable than
an slave ;
European competition of sugar-cane;
Opening of the Asian markets (England).
Abolition of Slavery
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Struggles against the Slave Trade and Slavery
Chronology of the abolition :
The abolition of Slavery lasted two hundred years , beginning in 1793
in Santo Domingo. The last country to abolish slavery in 1992 was Pakistan.
Santo Domingo (1793);
United States.
1794: Prohibition of the slave trade (ineffectively). 1863:
Abolition of Slavery. 4 millions slaves released;
England. 1807: prohibition of the slave trade. 1833: emancipation of the slaves (Abolition Bill);
Foundation of Sierra Leone (1787);
Denmark (1803). Entered into force in 1848;
Haiti: 1804;
Trafficking in slaves continued (United States, Brazil, colonies of the Caribbean);
Prussia (1807);
Netherlands (1814);
Congress of Vienna (1815);
Santo Domingo (1822);
Foundation of Liberia (1822) by the United States with released Blacks;
France (1848): Decree of suppression of the slavery. Victor Schoelcher;
Canada (1834 - Abolition);
Latin America. Black slaves recruited as soldiers to fight against Spain: Venezuela (1816, Simon Bolívar), Cuba, Chile (1823);
Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala (1824);
Bolivia (1826);
Mexico (1829);
Nicaragua (1836);
Uruguay and Paraguay (1842);
Tunisia (1846);
Danish Virgin Islands (1846);
Martinique, Guadalupe, French Guyana, Reunion (1848);
Brazil (1850). However, trafficking in slaves continued until 1888;
Colombia and Ecuador (1851);
Argentina (1853);
Venezuela, Jamaica and Peru (1854);
Russia (1861);
Spain (1866);
Portugal (1869);
Puerto Rico (1873);
Turkey (1876);
Cuba (1886);
Korea (1894);
Madagascar (1896);
Kenya (1907);
China (1910);
Morocco (1922);
Afghanistan (1923);
Nepal (1926);
Iran (1928);
Bahrain (1937);
Ethiopia (1942);
Kuwait (1949);
Qatar (1952);
Saudi Arabia and Yemen (1962);
Oman (1970);
Mauritania (1981);
Pakistan (1992).
United Nations .
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948);
Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949);
Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery (1956);
Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery (1974).
The United Nations (UN) and the International Labour Organization (ILO)
consider that contemporary slavery and forced labour , particularly of
children , affecting at least 200 to 250 million people .
The Volume VI (Africa in the 19th century until 1880 ) of the UNESCO General History of Africa analyze the abolition of Slavery.
More information (UNESCO):
routes of the slave .
African Civilization .
EENI African Business Portal .
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