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Country Date Year Notes Northern Ireland: 8 March: 1973: In a 1973 Northern Ireland referendum, voters in Northern Ireland were asked to decide if they wanted to remain in the United Kingdom or to leave and join with the Republic of Ireland. They voted in favour of the United Kingdom by 98.9% to 1.1%, although Irish Nationalists boycotted the ...
United Kingdom: Slave Trade Act 1873: Puerto Rico: Slavery abolished. United Kingdom Zanzibar Madagascar: Triple treaty abolishing the slave trade. [103] 1874 Gold Coast: Slavery abolished. [151] 1877: Egypt: The Anglo-Egyptian Slave Trade Convention abolishes the slave trade gradually in 1877–1884.
United Kingdom Tonga: Independence restored after British protectorate. October 10, 1970 United Kingdom Fiji: Restoration of independence after British colonial rule. Initial founding in 1871. In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1987. August 15, 1971 United Kingdom Bahrain: Independence restored after British protectorate.
For instance, English Heritage produced a book on the extensive links between slavery and British country houses in 2013, Jesus College has a working group to examine the legacy of slavery within the college, and the Church of England, the Bank of England, Lloyd's of London and Greene King have all apologised for their historic links to slavery.
Independence from the United Kingdom Barbados: 30 November 1966: Independence from the United Kingdom Belize: 1 January 1964: Self-governing colony 1859: Treaty establishes border between British Honduras and Guatemala: 21 September 1981: Independence from the United Kingdom Bolivia: 25 January 2009: Constitution of Bolivia: 6 August 1825
Independence from the United Kingdom may refer to any one of the many campaigns (both historical and current), events, documents and legislation regarding countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom or countries which aspire to do so. These include: Afghani independence: Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919; American independence:
While the United Kingdom did not ban slavery throughout most of the empire, including British North America till 1833, free blacks found refuge in the Canadas after the American Revolutionary War and again after the War of 1812. Refugees from slavery fled the South across the Ohio River to the North via the Underground Railroad.
1787 Wedgwood anti-slavery medallion designed by Josiah Wedgwood for the British anti-slavery campaign. Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.