CHRONOLOGY-Who banned slavery when?

(Reuters) - Since the enactment of the law prohibiting slave trade beyond the Atlantic Ocean, the UK celebrated 200 years on March 25, the complete abolition of slavery does not apply to other generations.

1482 - Portuguese now began to establish the first permanent slave trading center in Elmina in the Gold Coast, Ghana.

1777 - American independence after independence, Vermont province became the first sovereign state to abolish slavery

1787 - abolition of the slave trade association founded in the UK by Granville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson

1792 - Denmark prohibits imports of slaves to the West Indies, but it took effect in 1803

1811 - Spain abolished slavery, including its colonies, but Cuba refuses to ban and continues to trade with slaves

1833 - The UK passed the slavery abolition law and demanded that all British colonies gradually abolish slavery. Planters in the West Indies have compensation of £ 20 million

1858 - Portugal abolished slavery in colonies. However, every slave has to accept an apprentice of 20 years

1862 - President Abraham Lincoln announced the release of slaves from January 1, 1863, the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States was promulgated in 1865, slavery was forbidden.

1948 - The UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including "no one can be enslaved or enslaved, slave trade in all its forms and slave trade is prohibited".

The 1926 slavery treaty was the initiative of the League of Nations and was the turning point for the global slavery ban. Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948 clearly prohibits slavery. The United Nations Supplementary Treaty on the abolition of slavery in 1956 prohibits worldwide the prohibition and prohibition of slavery including slavery. In December 1966, the UN General Assembly adopted the "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights" enacted by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Article 4 of the International Treaty prohibits slavery. This treaty was enforced in March 1976 with the approval of 35 countries.

92 years ago, the 1926 slavery treaty became the first international treaty prohibiting slavery. It is the basis for preventing and deterring slave trade. In more than 200 years ago in 1807, slave trade was banned in the UK and in 1833 slavery was completely abolished. But slavery is no longer the past - as cold photos of the Libyan slave market remind us that it continues to exist today. It is estimated that 40.3 million people worldwide live in modern slavery. This includes those who are being forced to work against their own intention, children being slaughtered, trapped in debt bondage, being forced to get married. Trafficking in persons (THB) is also a form of contemporary slavery, dramatically increasing since the beginning of the 20th century, occurring all over the world.

The abolition campaign succeeded in the 19th century. The Atlantic slave trade was abolished in 1808 and nearly all governments banned slavery by the end of the century. Slavery throughout the British Empire was prohibited by the "Slavery Abolition Act" in 1833, and in 1881, Rayalen abolished slavery in Brazil. The American Civil War broke out from 1861 to 1865. Due mainly to concerns about slavery, 11 southern countries are leaving the United States. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln announced the "Declaration of Liberation". On September 22, 1862, Lincoln issued a preliminary warning that on January 1, 1863 all states were still in revolt (federal), and he issued their slaves "since then Forever freedom forever "will declare. The Third Reform ratified in 1865 formally abolished slavery nationwide