Google it!
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answered by City hunter 3
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Emancipation of the British West Indies
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The Emancipation of the British West Indies was proposed as early as 1787, but was not achieved until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
The British were the first to attempt to abolish slavery in the Caribbean during the early 1800s, but complete emancipation took a lot of time and effort to achieve. Many people, primarily in England, began to view slavery as cruel and unjust as The Enlightenment swept across the nation. The global economic changes taking place during this time period created a decline in the need for slavery in the Caribbean as the industrial revolution and free trade began to take shape and products could be created more cheaply elsewhere. Religious efforts aided in this oppositional movement by taking a strong stance against slavery during the Methodist movement and New Protestant Evangelism. The Roman Catholic Church also played a crucial role in slave uprisings, mainly because it was the primary religion in the area that would recognize slaves as members of the church. Uprisings such as the Haitian Revolution and the Baptist War reinforced the British attempt to abolish slavery by forcing Europeans to focus their attention on Caribbean affairs.
You can read this and the rest of the article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_of_the_British_West_Indies
2006-08-14 17:49:01
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answered by Molly M 3
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Put the phrase
"slave trade in the british west indies"
into Google
2006-08-14 17:49:06
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answered by knoWall 4
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Go to Wikipedia.com
2006-08-14 17:49:30
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answered by lost in the moment♥ 1
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http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=slave+trade+british+west+indies&fr=FP-tab-web-t500&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8
2006-08-14 17:48:09
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answered by My Evil Twin 7
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contact Condoleezza Rice ...she has a record of her fathers.
2006-08-14 17:48:13
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answered by Anonymous
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try searching online for it
2006-08-14 17:48:05
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answered by Jon 5
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