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Emancipation of Slavery in Belize

First record of African slaves in Belize

1724

  • Report by Spanish missionary’s reports the presence of enslaved Africans in the settlement and states that the British recently had been importing them from Jamaica and Bermuda

1807

Act for the Abolition of Slave Trade

On March 25th 1807, the Act for the Abolition of Slave Trade was passed by the

British Parliament which made the trading of

slaves illegal throughout the British Empire.

1833

Act for the Abolition of Slavery

Britain abolishes slavery and provides for the emancipation of enslaved people in the

British West Indies, to take effect on 1 August 1834. The Act

declares that the former enslaved people must serve a period

of unpaid apprenticeship before receiving full emancipation.

By Lord Stanley

Outline of Extinction of Slavery

1838

Emancipation of Slaves in Belize and throughout the British

Empire

Treatment of Slaves

Treatment of

Slaves

Raped

tied up

handcuffed

ordered to be flogged by their own

severely flogged

selling mothers from their child

chained

placed to sleep in rodent infested places

The Story of Peggy

The story of Peggy

Slavery Abolished

1948

On December 10, General Assembly of the United Nations

adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 4

states: ‘No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery

and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.’

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