American slavery / ending timeline

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The legal ends of the "peculiar institution" happened by fits and starts from 1807 to 1888:

England made it illegal to engage in the slave trade throughout the British colonies (including the American ones) in March of 1807, with the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. England abolished slavery in June of 1833, with the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 (which excepted the territories of The East India Company, an exception not repealed until 1843).

The United States made it illegal to import new slaves from any foreign place (including Africa) in March of 1807, with the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, which took effect in January of 1808. The United States abolished slavery in December 1865, with the passing of the 13th Amendment.

Cuba, a colony of Spain, made it illegal to import new slaves in 1822 per a treaty between Spain and England. Slavery in Cuba was abolished in October of 1886, by royal decree.

Brazil, a Portugese colony until 1822, which had imported more African slaves than any other country in the Americas, ordered the liberation of all slaves entering the country after November of 1831, via legislation. But Brazil didn't fully abolish slavery until May of 1888, with The Golden Law.
 
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