Abolition of the Slavery

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Syllabus of the Subject: Abolitionist Movements. Abolition of the Slavery.

The American Quakers were the first to condemn the Slavery and slave trade.

Some protagonists of the abolitionism:

  1. Quakers
  2. William Wilberforce
  3. Harriet Tubman
  4. Frederick Douglass
  5. Victor Schoelcher
  6. Olaudah Equiano, an African slave and author of an autobiography (1789)
  7. Society of the Friends of the Blacks (Paris, London - 1787)
  8. Slaves of Santo Domingo (French colony). 1793: Abolition of the Slavery. Toussaint Louverture
  9. Haitian Revolution
  10. Henry David Thoreau

Three key economic factors:

  1. Adam Smith (British economist): a free worker is more profitable than the slave
  2. European competition of sugar-cane
  3. Opening of the Asian markets (England)
The Subject (e-learning) “Abolition of the Slavery. Abolitionist Movements” is part of the following Higher Education Programs taught by EENI (Business School) and the Hispano-African University of International Business:
  1. Doctorates: Africa, Muslim Markets, America, Religion and Business
  2. Bachelor's Degree in Inter-African Business

E-learning Bachelor's Degrees and Master, EENI (Business School) and HA University

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Struggles against the Slave Trade and Slavery. Chronology of the abolition:

The abolition of the slavery lasted two hundred years, beginning in 1793 in Santo Domingo. The last country to abolish slavery in 1992 was Pakistan.

  1. Santo Domingo (1793)
  2. The United States. 1794: Prohibition of the slave trade (ineffectively). 1863: Abolition of the Slavery. 4 millions slaves released
  3. England. 1807: The prohibition of the slave trade. 1833: The emancipation of the slaves (Abolition Bill)
  4. Foundation of Sierra Leone (1787)
  5. Denmark (1803). Entered into force in 1848.
  6. Haiti: 1804
  7. Trafficking in slaves continued (the United States, Brazil, the colonies of the Caribbean)
  8. Prussia (1807)
  9. The Netherlands (1814)
  10. Congress of Vienna (1815)
  11. Santo Domingo (1822)
  12. Foundation of Liberia (1822) by the United States with the released Blacks
  13. France (1848): The decree of suppression of the slavery. Victor Schoelcher
  14. Canada (1834 - Abolition)
  15. Latin America. Black slaves recruited as soldiers to fight against Spain: Venezuela (1816, Simon Bolívar), Cuba, Chile (1823)
  16. Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala (1824)
  17. Bolivia (1826)
  18. Mexico (1829)
  19. Nicaragua (1836)
  20. Uruguay and Paraguay (1842)
  21. Tunisia (1846)
  22. The Danish Virgin Islands (1846)
  23. Martinique, Guadalupe, French Guyana, Reunion (1848)
  24. Brazil (1850). However, trafficking in slaves continued until 1888
  25. Colombia and Ecuador (1851)
  26. Argentina (1853)
  27. Venezuela, Jamaica and Peru (1854)
  28. Russia (1861)
  29. Spain (1866)
  30. Portugal (1869)
  31. Puerto Rico (1873)
  32. Turkey (1876)
  33. Cuba (1886)
  34. Korea (1894)
  35. Madagascar (1896)
  36. Kenya (1907)
  37. China (1910)
  38. Morocco (1922)
  39. Afghanistan (1923)
  40. Nepal (1926)
  41. Iran (1928)
  42. Bahrain (1937)
  43. Ethiopia (1942)
  44. Kuwait (1949)
  45. Qatar (1952)
  46. Saudi Arabia and Yemen (1962)
  47. Oman (1970)
  48. Mauritania (1981)
  49. Pakistan (1992)

The United Nations

  1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  2. Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1949)
  3. Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of the Slavery (1956)
  4. Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery (1974)

The United Nations (UN) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) consider that the 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 General History of Africa of the UNESCO analyse the abolition of the slavery.

Slave trade Slavery

William Wilberforce Abolitionist

Harriet Tubman Abolitionist

History of Africa 19th century 1880

Victor Schoelcher Abolitionist

More information (UNESCO): routes of the slave.

African Civilisation.



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