Timeline of the Abolition of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere
Timeline of the Abolition of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere
•1804 Haiti •1811 Spain abolishes slavery at home and in colonies except Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic] •1813 Argentina •1821 Gran Colombia [Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela] •1823 Chile •1824 Federal Republic of Central America [which later breaks into separate countries] •1829 Mexico •1831 Bolivia •1833 British West Indies [process completed in 1838] •1834 Jamaica •1842 Uruguay •1851 Colombia [some sources give 1852] •1851 Ecuador •1854 Peru •1854 Venezuela •1862 Cuba abolishes slave trade •1865 United States •1870 Paraguay •1873 Puerto Rico •1886 Cuba •1888 Brazil
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Timeline of the Abolition of Slavery in the Western Hemisphere
•1804 Haiti •1811 Spain abolishes slavery at home and in colonies except Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic] •1813 Argentina •1821 Gran Colombia [Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela] •1823 Chile •1824 Federal Republic of Central America [which later breaks into separate countries] •1829 Mexico •1831 Bolivia •1833 British West Indies [process completed in 1838] •1834 Jamaica •1842 Uruguay •1851 Colombia [some sources give 1852] •1851 Ecuador •1854 Peru •1854 Venezuela •1862 Cuba abolishes slave trade •1865 United States •1870 Paraguay •1873 Puerto Rico •1886 Cuba •1888 Brazil