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The Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire
大英帝国废除奴隶制
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For over 200 years, Britain profited from enslaved Africans working on sugar plantations in the Caribbean.两百多年来，英国从加勒比糖料种植园中被奴役的非洲人身上获利。
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Beginning in the 1780s, Quakers, writers, and former slaves like Olaudah Equiano campaigned tirelessly against the trade.自18世纪80年代起，贵格会成员、作家及奥劳达赫·埃奎亚诺等前奴隶不懈反对奴隶贸易。
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They collected evidence, published pamphlets, and organized boycotts of slave-grown sugar to raise public awareness.他们搜集证据、印发传单，并组织抵制奴隶种植的糖，以提高公众意识。
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Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act in 1807, banning the buying and selling of enslaved people.1807年，议会通过《奴隶贸易法案》，禁止买卖奴隶。
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But slavery itself continued until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 freed most enslaved people in British colonies.但奴隶制本身持续存在，直至1833年《废除奴隶制法案》才解放了英属殖民地大多数被奴役者。
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Compensation went to slave owners—not the enslaved—highlighting deep injustices that lasted long after emancipation.赔偿金付给了奴隶主而非被奴役者，凸显出解放后长期存在的深层不公。
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Former slaves faced apprenticeship systems and racial discrimination, yet many built churches, schools, and mutual aid societies.获释奴隶虽面临学徒制与种族歧视，却仍建起教堂、学校和互助社团。
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Their courage helped inspire abolition movements across the Americas and showed moral protest could reshape law and economy.他们的勇气激励了整个美洲的废奴运动，并证明道德抗议能重塑法律与经济。