Abolition of Slavery

William Wilberforce, a religous man who was a member of Parliament, led the fight for abolition. Parliament ended up passing a bill in 1807 that ended slave trade in the British West Indies. Wilberforce retired from Parkiament in 1825, but continued with his fight to free slaves. Finally in 1833 Britain abolished slavery. The United States followed soon after abolishing slavery in 1865 when the Union won the Civil War.

I agree with the reform and I'm glad it happened. People shouldn't be enslaved and treated the way those people were. It's inhumane and unjust. It changed the world for the better and started a snowball effect for African-Americans to really fight and thats how they got from where they were this long ago to where they are today.