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00:00On this day in 1807, the British Parliament abolished the slave trade throughout the British Empire,
00:06although it did not end the practice of slavery.
00:09It continued in the British colonies until 1838.
00:12The slaves were freed only after the slave owners received compensation.
00:17It is estimated that European traders transported and enslaved at least 12 million Africans.
00:24Most of them were forced to work on plantations.
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