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Sorry and here's your shmoop du jour Which of these

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nations was the most enthusiastic advocate for the end of

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the slave trade your pencil and feel that i can

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repair it Admittedly the most enthusiastic bitch could be a

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hard thing to pin down what's most important is understanding

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to things one we're talking about international slave trade and

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to the great britain was truly great back around the

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time were describing so even though great britain actually played

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one of the biggest roles and kick starting the transatlantic

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slave trade to begin with well they're also the on

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ly one of our options that really had the power

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to end that very trade considering the other three answer

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or at the time part of the british empire i

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guess when you're under the rule of the empire that

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established the very idea of trading slaves between countries not

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exactly in a good position to try and destabilize that

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system right fortunately ray pretty was pretty unstable Sorry Fortunately

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great britain was in a position to destabilize the system

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and they did so in eighteen o seven the parliament

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of the united kingdom past the abolition of the slave

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trade act in eighteen o seven which did just about

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what you think it would The act both abolished the

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slave trade within the british empire and encouraged other european

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countries to abolish there's a Well unfortunately the one thing

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it didn't do was actually abolished the slavery itself as

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in you know owning slaves which actually remained legal throughout

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most of the british empire until the slavery abolition act

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came in eighteen thirty three still thirty plus years that

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way But without question is the answer you're looking for

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here And if you got it right well you're just 00:01:43.73 --> [endTime] as great as great britain Ah

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