The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade

The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade was an organization founded in 1787 in Britain, dedicated to ending the Atlantic slave trade. It worked through activism, lobbying, raising public awareness, and gathering evidence about the cruelty of slavery. Its efforts helped build support for laws that eventually criminalized the slave trade in Britain and other countries, contributing significantly to the global movement to abolish slavery. The society played a key role in changing public opinion and inspiring legal reforms aimed at ending the transport of enslaved people across the Atlantic.