slavery of the world

Denmark was the first European country to ban the import of slaves to its colonies in 1803, four years before Britain . The USA made the slave trade illegal  in 1808 , but laws to ban the owning of slaves were not passed until 1865.

This picture called 'George Washington working as a farmer at mount Vernon' was created in 1851 by Junius Brutus Stearns. It gives us a sentimentalised  view of slaves working at Mount Vernon in the USA.

When the illegal slave ship  'Feloz' was captured by the British navy in 1829, the height between decks was only 99 centimetres (3 feet 3 inches ) !