HIST 3535 Lecture 8: Lovejoy’s Introduction to Britain and the Abolition of the Slave Trade lecture,
12 Jul 2020
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In professor lovejoy"s introduction to britain and the abolition of the slave trade lecture, we better understand how these terms have been used and how they are confused. Abolition originally meant abolition of the slave trade, notslavery. However, in the united states, before the civil war, abolition came to mean the emancipation of slaves and therefore the ending of slavery. It is often thought that in 1834, britain abolished slavery and emancipated slavery in the british. Empire however, it did not end slavery in the british empire, but instead, in british colonies. It did not end slavery in what were called british protectorates. The colonies were jamaica, barbados, trinidad, and other islands in the caribbean. It was a legal term used so that when emancipation came in. 1834, it only applied to those areas that were legally recognized as colonies.
