Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was a group founded in 1787 dedicated to ending the transatlantic slave trade. They worked to raise awareness, gather evidence, and lobby governments to pass laws prohibiting the transportation of enslaved Africans. Their efforts contributed significantly to the eventual abolition of the slave trade within the British Empire in 1807, and later globally. The society combined activism, research, and political pressure to combat the brutal practice of slavery, aiming to promote human rights and justice.