2023-08-22 19:14:26
Denmark was the first nation to abolish its trade in 1803. Britain and the United States followed in 1807. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(9-0-0) Author
2023-08-22 19:25:20
Note would benefit from mentioning that Great Britain's 'ending of slavery' was a reimbursement for slave owners, after slave abolitionists successfully won a trade ban, and later liberation for themselves. NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(6-1-0) Author
2023-08-22 19:28:13
The UK was, by 1807, one of the first major countries to end Trans-Atlantic slave trade and succesfully made other European countries do the same. However, the British carried >3,2M people accross the ocean, only Portugal carried more throughout history. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(8-0-0) Author
2023-08-23 07:21:45
GB *did* end the international slave trade, by 1.) Paying vast sums of money to slave owners to compensate for liberation and 2.) Employing the West Africa squadron of the Royal Navy to police the seas and prevent slavery. Claim is broadly correct NNN, debate in comments please NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(1-1-3) Author