#OnThisDay 1807 the Abolition of Slavery act gains Royal assent making trade of African slaves illegal in the Empire. In the decades that followed the Royal Navy captured over 1600 ships, freeing over 150,000 slaves. The cost was 2% of Government spending or half of RN budget
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@rnblade69 @OnthisdayRN Pic: Enslaved Africans rescued from a dhow in the Indian Ocean by Royal Navy slavery suppression ship HMS London, a rescue in which its captain was killed. The male slaves would have been castrated on arrival in Oman. The Arab traffickers are to the left of the photograph. (1881)
@rnblade69 @OnthisdayRN Imagine something that happened 216 years ago not being headline news 🤦♂️