Record #796 (edit record; developers only)

Date: 1799

Event:

Commons rejects abolition. Commons passes an African slave coast restriction act. Lords narrowly rejects it. Commons passes a stricter slave-carrying act that narrowly clears the Lords. Sugar prices begin to decline. Britain conquers Surinam.

Topics:

*Abolition  

   

Record Created or Last Modified By:

Shawn Mummert

Date Last Modified:

6/25/1999


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