ed much of the slave trade at the time. Ships from Bristol and Liverpool transported tens of thousands of Africans annually to the Americas. Yet, within a few years "The worlds biggest slave trading nation was to become the prime mover behind the ultimately successful suppression of the trade." (Inner-city)
             A British bill was finally passed in 1806. It prohibited the sale of slaves by the British into other countries, and prohibited the importation of additional slaves into the new British colonies in the Caribbean. A second bill was passed in 1807 in which "all manner of dealing and trading in slaves...[was] utterly abolished, prohibited and declared to be unlawful." (Encarta) A final bill in 1811-made slave trading punishable by execution or exile. By this time, "about 2.8 million slaves had been transported by the British." (Inner-city)
             Although the British slave trade had now ended, slavery itself continued in various British colonies. An Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1823. It was successful in forcing the government to pass laws to im
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