<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism_in_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Abolitionism in the United Kingdom">Slavery is abolished in the British Empire</a> as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery Abolition Act 1833">Slavery Abolition Act 1833</a> comes into force, although it remains legal in the possessions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> until the passage of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Slavery_Act,_1843" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indian Slavery Act, 1843">Indian Slavery Act, 1843</a>.