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Abolition of Colonial Slavery: The British Emancipation Act prohibits slavery in British Colonies, with provision for a 6-year "apprenticeship"; 800,000 slaves freed; owners compensated with over 20 million pounds. The Bill took effect in 1834. Unfortunately, the Act included a clause requiring slaves to serve an apprenticeship to their former owners, a clause which was first abolished in various colonies and then revoked entirely in the Immediate Abolition Act of 1838.
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