The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833" id="mwfw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery Abolition Act 1833">Slavery Abolition Act 1833</a> receives <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_assent" id="mwgA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a>, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833#Exceptions_and_continuations" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery Abolition Act 1833">exceptions</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_28#cite_note-1" id="mwgw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwhA">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt12" class="citation web cs1" id="mwB28"><a class="external text" href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/73/1991-02-01/data.pdf" id="mwB3A" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (repealed 19.11.1998)"</a> <span class="cs1-format" id="mwB3E">(PDF)</span>. <i id="mwB3I">legislation.gov.uk</i>. <a class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/73/1991-02-01/data.pdf" id="mwB3M" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format" id="mwB3Q">(PDF)</span> from the original on 2022-10-09<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB3U">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB3Y">28 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt12" class="Z3988" id="mwB3c" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=legislation.gov.uk&amp;rft.atitle=Slavery+Abolition+Act+1833+%28repealed+19.11.1998%29&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukpga%2FWill4%2F3-4%2F73%2F1991-02-01%2Fdata.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+28"></span></span>