The slave trade had been abolished in 1807 and slavery was illegal on British soil. However it was still legal in most other parts of the British Empire. The West Indies were particularly notorious and the focus of campaigns such as the sugar boycott.
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Date: 2019-02-05 09:34 am (UTC)