History of slavery many years of lobbying by the abolitionist movement, led primarily by William Wilberforce, the British Parliament voted to make the slave trade illegal anywhere in the Empire with the Slave Trade Act 1807. Thereafter Britain took a prominent role in combating the trade, and slavery itself was abolished in the British Empire with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Between 1808 and 1860, the West Africa Squadron seized approximately 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans who were aboard. Action was also taken against African leaders who refused to agree to British treaties to outlaw the trade. Akitoye, the 11th Oba
Burials and memorials in Westminster Abbey forbidden to walk. The following English, Scottish and British monarchs and their consorts are buried in the Abbey: The following are buried in the nave: The following are buried in the North Transept: The following are buried in the South Transept which is known as "Poets' Corner": The following are buried in the cloisters: The following are buried in the North Choir Aisle: The following are buried in the South Choir Aisle: The following are buried in the ambulatory chapels: List of burials: The following are buried in Henry VII's Chapel: The following are commemorated in the Abbey and/or had