Title: To the friends of Negro Emancipation. (Negros rejoicing at their freedom)
Description: Having abolished the slave trade in 1807, popular interest in the issue of slavery declined. However, the revival of anti-slavery agitation, political reform campaigns at home and a massive slave rebellion in Jamaica in 1831 brought the issue to public notice. From 1830 the Anti-slavery Society campaigned for emancipation across all Britain’s colonies. An Abolition of Slavery Bill was eventually passed by parliament in 1833 with abolition set to take place in 1834. £22 million was paid to planters as compensation, although true freedom was not achieved until 1838.
Creator: Rippingille, Alexander [artist]; Lucas, David [engraver]; Moon, Francis Graham [publisher]
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
