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1765: Sharp rescued Jonathan Strong, a slave he befriended in 1765, which sparked his interest in the abolition of slavery.

1772: He was a driving force for the ruling of 1772, which stated that legally, slaves couldn’t be forced back to the colonies once in Britain.

mid-1780s: In the mid-1780s, Sharp began to support the Sierra Leone resettlement project, which pushed slaves (from Britain and Canada) to settle in West Africa.

1787: Sharp collaborated with Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce to found the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

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1789: He introduced 12 resolutions against the slave trade and gave what many newspapers considered among the most eloquent speeches ever delivered in the Commons.

1791: He again brought a motion to the House of Commons to abolish the slave trade, but it was defeated 163 to 88.

1792: Wilberforce, bolstered by the support of hundreds of thousands of British subjects who had signed petitions favoring the abolition of the slave trade, put forward another motion. However, a compromise for gradual abolition was pushed forward instead, to the disappointment of Wilberforce and others.

1807: He finally achieved success: on February 23 a bill to abolish the slave trade in the British West Indies was carried in the Commons 283 to 16, accompanied by a chorus of hurrahs for Wilberforce. It became law on March 25.

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1789: It was established in London by prominent African abolitionists, including Olaudah Eqyiano and Ottobah Cugoano.

Members were primarily former enslaved Africans who had gained their freedom.

They played a crucial role in advocating for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and the emancipation of enslaved people.

Wrote letters, petitions, and pamphlets to raise awareness about the inhumanity of the slave trade and the plight of enslaved individuals

The members engaged in public speaking and activism, contributing to the broader abolitionist movement in Britain.

It demonstrated that individuals who had personally experienced enslavement could be influential voices in the fight against slavery, helping change public opinion.

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He was a campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire.

He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade alongside Williams Wilberforce.

1787: Clarkson visited British trading ports to collect facts for his pamphlet “A Summary View of the Slave Trade and of the Probable Consequences of Its Abolition” (1787).

Wilberforce later used some of his information for an Antislavery campaign in Parliament.

1807: He helped to pass the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended the British trade in slaves.

1823: He was chosen as vice-president of the Anti-Slavery Society after its founding.

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1829: After a trip to the United States, where he was horrified by the abuses of slavery, Schoelcher became a dedicated abolitionist.

1828-1848: He worked as a journalist from, writing on the barbarism of slavery.

1848: Schoelcher prepared the famous decree that abolished slavery in the colonies.

1871: He was elected as Deputy.

1875: He was elected Senator for life in 1875.

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Group of evangelical Christians who campaigned for the abolition of slavery.

1780: Founded by William Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, Henry Venn, and others.

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Fisolami Adisa, Camari Foster, Ololade Ogundipe, Kihanna Williams