1777<\/span> Key dates in the chronology of abolitions 1777 Abolition of slavery in Vermont (USA). 1780 Progressive emancipation of slaves in Pennsylvania (USA). 1783 Progressive emancipation of slaves in Massachusetts and New Hampshire (USA). 1784 Progressive emancipation of slaves in Rhode Island and Connecticut (USA). August, 26 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of … <\/p>\n
\nAbolition of slavery in Vermont (USA).
\n1780<\/span>
\nProgressive emancipation of slaves in Pennsylvania (USA).
\n1783<\/span>
\nProgressive emancipation of slaves in Massachusetts and New Hampshire (USA).
\n1784<\/span>
\nProgressive emancipation of slaves in Rhode Island and Connecticut (USA).
\nAugust, 26 1789<\/span>
\nDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, France.
\n1793<\/span>
\nThe commissioner of the Republic, Monsieur Sonthonax, abolished slavery in the French possession of Saint-Domingue.
\n1794<\/span>
\nThe Convention voted the decree of the abolition of slavery, extending Sonthonax\u2019s abolition to the other French colonies.
\n1802<\/span>
\nReinstatement of the slave trade by Napoleon Bonaparte in compliance with the laws existing before 1789.
\n1803<\/span>
\nAbolition of the slave trade in Denmark.
\n1804<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Haiti.
\n1806<\/span>
\nBritain banned the slave trade for British subjects.
\n1807<\/span>
\nThe United States banned the importation of captives and slaves. Britain banned the slave trade on African coasts. Abolition of slavery in Prussia.
\n1808<\/span>
\nThe United States banned the slave trade.
\n1814<\/span>
\nHolland banned the slave trade.
\n1815<\/span>
\nDuring the Vienna Congress, the principal European powers (Austrian Empire, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Russia, and Sweden) made a commitment to end the slave trade. But the practice persisted undercover. During the Hundred Days, Napoleon 1st signed a decree banning the slave trade.
\n1817<\/span>
\nFrench Law abolished the slave trade. It was reinstated on April 25, 1827 and on February 2, 1831.
\n1821<\/span>
\nPeru: all descendants of slaves born after this date were free, progressive emancipation of those born earlier and prohibition of the slave trade.
\n1822<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Santo Domingo. The state of Liberia was founded in West Africa by an American Colonization Company for the resettlement of former slaves.
\n1823<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Chili.
\n1824<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Belize, Salvador, Guatemala.
\n1826<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Bolivia.
\n1827<\/span>
\nSecond French law banning the slave trade.
\n1829<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Mexico.
\n1830<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Uruguay.
\n1833-1838<\/span>
\nEnactment of the Abolition bill that provides for a progressive abolition of slavery in the British colonies (West Indies, British Guiana, Mauritius and India).
\n1836<\/span>
\nComplete abolition of slavery in the British colonies. Abolition of slavery in Nicaragua.
\n1840 & 1843<\/span>
\nGlobal anti-slavery convention in London.
\n1842<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Uruguay and Paraguay.
\n1846<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Tunisia.
\n1846-1848<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in the Danish Virgin Island colonies. Saint-Thomas, Saint-Jean, Sainte-Croix.
\n1847<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in the Swedish colony of Saint-Barth\u00e9lemy.
\n1848<\/span>
\nThe abolition of slavery was decreed on April 27, 1848 in the French colonies (Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guiana, The Reunion Island).
\n1850<\/span>
\nOfficial abolition of the slave trade in Brazil. However it continued illegally.
\n1851<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Colombia and Ecuador.
\n1853<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Argentina.
\n1854<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Venezuela, Jamaica and Peru.
\n1861<\/span>
\nBan of serfdom in Russia.
\n1863<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in the Dutch colonies in the Caribbean and Insulindia.
\n1865<\/span>
\nEnactment of the 13th amendment banning slavery by The United States.
\n1866<\/span>
\nSpanish decree banning the slave trade.
\n1869<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Portuguese colonies.
\n1873<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Porto Rico, a Spanish colony at the time.
\n1876<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Turkey.
\n1885<\/span>
\nAdoption of measures against slavery in Africa at the Berlin Conference.
\n1886<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Cuba.
\n1888<\/span>
\nEffective abolition of slavery in Brazil.
\n1890<\/span>
\nBrussels conference and General Act on the slave trade and slavery in Africa.
\n1894<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Korea.
\n1896<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Madagascar.
\n1900<\/span>
\nAnti-slavery congress in Paris.
\n1907<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Kenya.
\n1910<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in China.
\n1922<\/span>
\nIn Morocco, systematic emancipation of all runaway slave.
\n1923<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Afghanistan.
\n1926<\/span>
\nGeneva Convention of the Society of Nations condemning slavery and ratified by 44 countries. Abolition of slavery in Nepal.
\n1928<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Iran.
\n1930<\/span>
\nConvention on forced labor by the International Labor Office.
\n1937<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Bahrain.
\n1942<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Ethiopia.
\n1948<\/span>
\nAdoption of the Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations was confirmed during the 1956 Convention.
\n1949<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Kuwait. United Nations Convention on the repression of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.
\n1952<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Qatar.
\n1956<\/span>
\nAdoption by the United Nations of the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices similar to Slavery.
\n1957<\/span>
\nConvention on the abolition of forced labor by the International Labor Organization.
\n1962<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
\n1970<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Oman.
\n1974<\/span>
\nCreation of the United Nation work group on contemporary forms of slavery in the framework of the Human Rights Commission.
\n1981<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Mauritania.
\n1989<\/span>
\nAdoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations.
\n1992<\/span>
\nAbolition of slavery in Pakistan.
\n1994<\/span>
\nLaunch of the UNESCO program \u00ab The Slave Route \u00bb.
\n1996<\/span>
\nFirst European Union communication on human trafficking.
\n1999<\/span>
\nComing into force of the International Labor Organization\u2019s Convention 182 on the
\n\u00ab banning of the worst forms of child labor \u00bb.
\n2000<\/span>
\nLThe Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union banned slavery, forced labor and human trafficking.
\n2001<\/span>
\nFrench Law voted on May 21, 2001 recognizing the slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. The global UN Conference against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and associated forms of intolerance (Durban, South Africa) recognized \u00ab slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity \u00bb.
\n2002<\/span>
\nAdoption by the French Parliament of a law against human trafficking.
\n2004<\/span>
\nInternational year to commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (United Nations).
\n2005<\/span>
\nDecember 2, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
\n2008<\/span>
\nDeclaration by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon : \u00ab The slave trade was abolished formally 200 years ago, but this flagrant human rights violation persists, fueled by a continuing lack of respect for the dignity of human beings, a denial of their humanity and desperate poverty \u00bb.
\nToday<\/span>
\nThe United Nations and the International Labor Organization estimate that contemporary slavery and forced labor involve 200 to 250 million people, of whom a large number are children. Given the lack of precise statistics due to the unlawful character of these crimes, it can be assumed that the phenomenon is actually more widespread.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"