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 U.S. 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 UN (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.