The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery Abolition Act 1833">Slavery Abolition Act</a> passes in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">British House of Commons</a>, initiating the gradual abolition of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slavery">slavery</a> in most parts of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="British Empire">British Empire</a>.<sup about="#mwt28" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./July_22#cite_note-3" id="mwng" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwnw">[3]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"><cite about="#mwt25" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBkg"><a class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1833/jul/22/ministerial-plan-for-the-abolition-of#S3V0019P0_18330722_HOC_15" id="mwBkk" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"MINISTERIAL PLAN FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. (Hansard, 22 July 1833)"</a>. <i id="mwBko">api.parliament.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBks">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBkw">2022-08-06</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt25" class="Z3988" id="mwBk0" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=api.parliament.uk&amp;rft.atitle=MINISTERIAL+PLAN+FOR+THE+ABOLITION+OF+SLAVERY.+%28Hansard%2C+22+July+1833%29&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.parliament.uk%2Fhistoric-hansard%2Fcommons%2F1833%2Fjul%2F22%2Fministerial-plan-for-the-abolition-of%23S3V0019P0_18330722_HOC_15&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJuly+22"></span></span>