The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_1807" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Slave Trade Act 1807">Slave Trade Act 1807</a> takes effect, abolishing the slave trade within the British Empire.<sup about="#mwt30" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"}}' id="cite_ref-4" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_1#cite_note-4" id="mwTg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwTw">[4]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-4"><a class="external text" href="https://www.pdavis.nl/Legis_06.htm" id="mwBvI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">An Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade</a></span>