Caribbean History: Abolition of Slavery | caribbean-guide.info

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Year Country Effect
1792 Denmark A partial ban on the slave trade is passed and put into effect in 1802.
1794 France Both slave trade and slavery were abolished during the French Revolution but were reinstated in 1802 for Guadeloupe and Martinique.
1806 Britain Sale of slaves to non-British colonies is banned.
1807 Britain Import of slaves to British colonies is banned and outlawed the following year.
1807 Denmark Total ban on slave trade.
1814 Netherlands Slave trade outlawed.
1818 France Slave trade outlawed.
1820 Spain Slave trade formally outlawed, but illegal trade to Puerto Rico and Cuba tolerated until the 1850s and 1860s.
1834 Britain Slavery abolished, though apprenticeship period was set to last until 1838.
1848 Denmark Slavery abolished.
1848 France Slavery abolished.
1848 Netherlands Slavery abolished on Sint Maarten.
1863 Netherlands Slavery abolished on other colonies.
1873 Spain Puerto Rico's slavery is abolished.
1879 Spain Abolition on Cuba, but unpaid labor required until 1886."