In 1807, the British Empire officially outlawed the Atlantic slave trade
The 1807 Slave Trade Act marked a monumental shift in global human rights by legally ending the transport of enslaved people across the Atlantic within the British Empire.
In 1807, the British Empire took a historic step toward justice when the Slave Trade Act received royal assent. This legislation did not immediately end slavery itself, but it made the Atlantic slave trade illegal, imposing heavy fines on captains caught with enslaved people on their ships.
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