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Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
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Cape Colony
British colony from 1806 to 1910
The Cape Colony, also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope. It existed from 1795 to 1802, and again from 1806 to 1910, when it united with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, then…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Slavery Abolition Act 1833
Law which abolished slavery in most of the British Empire
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which abolished slavery in the British Empire by way of compensated emancipation. The act was legislated by Whig Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey's reforming administration, and it was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)