When did slavery end in Russia?

Slavery, by contrast, was an ancient institution in Russia and effectively was abolished in the 1720s. Serfdom, which began in 1450, evolved into near-slavery in the eighteenth century and was finally abolished in 1906.

When did Sweden ban slavery?

1847
The first Swedish laws providing for punishments against slave traders were passed in 1830, although they did not succeed in eradicating the slave trade, given how much the colonists of Saint Bartholomew profited from it. In the end, slavery was totally abolished in 1847.

When did India abolish slavery?

The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also known as Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery.

When did France ban slavery?

4 February 1794
In France, on 4 February 1794 (16 Pluviôse Year II in the French Revolutionary Calendar), the National Convention enacted a law abolishing slavery in the French colonies.

When did slavery end in Jamaica?

1834
On January 1, 1808 the Abolition Bill was passed. Trading in African slaves was declared to be “utterly abolished, prohibited and declared to be unlawful”. Emancipation and apprenticeship came into effect in 1834 and full freedom was granted in 1838.

Which European country did not participate in slavery?

Despite Gustave III’s commitment in 1790 to do “everything he could” so that his subjects do not engage in the slave trade, Denmark was the first European country to abolish it, as a royal decree in 1792 banned the transportation of slaves under the Danish flag in ten years’ time.

Who did the Vikings sell slaves to?

The Vikings kept some slaves as servants and sold most captives in the Byzantine or Islamic markets. The slave trade was one of the pillars of the Norse economy during the 6th through 11th centuries.