![]() ![]() ![]() April 1712: an uprising of enslaved people takes place in New York.Links are given to pages on this website only. ![]() If there is something I have left out that you think should be included, please let me know.Ĭlick on a date in the list below, or scroll down the page, for information. This timeline is therefore only intended to provide an overview of the topic. While there is plenty of detail in this timeline, and I regularly add more information, it is of course impossible to record every event related to slavery and abolition in this period. A vigorous public debate about the slave trade took place between 17, but the opportunity to abolish either slavery or the slave trade was lost. By the end of the century, however, doubts about slavery at home and the loss of the North American colonies had significantly altered both Britain's imperial and slave-trading roles. In the eighteenth century, an informal British Empire was established in competition with the other major European powers and Britain became the foremost slave-trading nation. It also includes references to the most significant events taking place outside of the British zone of influence. This page offers a detailed timeline of the main historical, literary, and cultural events connected with British slavery, abolition, and emancipation between 17. Slavery Timeline 1701-1800 A Chronology of Slavery, Abolition, and Emancipation in the Eighteenth Century ![]()
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Here are only a few online resources:Īvebury - A Presentation from the Past 2) You are not familiar with the background to these sites, I suggest you do The walkabout visits to these historic locations were superb. Painswick > RyefordĢ012 JULY 18 WEDNESDAY > DAY 12 STONEHENGE, SILBURY HILL, AVEBURY & LAYCOCK Wiltshire village that he named his first successful novel, Pickwick Papers, after it."Ĭheck bottom of this web page for downloading the GPS track for this walk. It is said that Charles Dickens was so inspired by this beautiful Guide: "The farmhouse (Pickwick farm) is a picturesque Grade II Listed building which was built in 1650 and extended in Victorian times. Overnight at two locations:Ĭhurch Farm B&B and On our first trip to the U.K., had spent the night at an interesting B&B in Chepstow, Wales after our walk back from Tintern Abby. My father (born 1898) and his parents lived in Bristol before emigrating to Canada a few years before World War I. Jan and I found these spots of special significance for us. On a clear day these highpoints provide wonderful views with Bristol (Englnd) about 45 km away and Cardiff (Wales) about 75 km away with the River Severn between. Google Street View link of the topograph. About 1.4 km after Heresfield Beacon we arrived at the Haresfield Topograph ( 51.774086, Google Maps link will provide an excellent view of the view we experienced. 2.261826) we came upon the trigpoint (Triangulation Pillar 3627) - hopefully this This segment of the Cotswold Way included 2.276850) between Ryeford and Stonehouse. Later in the day we were picked up by Dave in the WycliffeĬollege tennis court parking lot ( 51.742217, Birdlip > PainswickĢ012 JULY 15 SUNDAY > DAY 09 PAINSWICK to RYEFORDĪbout 15 km and was a continuation of our walk yesterday. Check bottom of this web page for downloading the GPS track for this walk. Overnight at The Old Brew House, Cirencester. 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