-The Reform Act of 1832 extended voting rights to previously disfranchised citizens. The Act of 1832 was the most controversial. It reapportioned representation in Parliament in a way fairer to the cities of the industrial north which had experienced great growth.It not only reapportioned representation in Parliament, but made it more accurately represent the citizens of the country. The Act also gave the power of voting to the lower part in the social and economic scale
-The terms of the act had been heavily compromised. Although the rotten boroughs had generally been eliminated and the new industrial centres enfranchised, the process remained the same open vote. There was a ten pound property qualification that meant that the majority of the working class, who owned nothing, couldn't vote. It was still necessary to pay to stand for election so almost all people who stood for election were still aristocrats, landowners, or businessmen. This led to failure for many working class people.
-The African Institution was then created. Their sovereign aim was to ensure that the new legislation was enforced and that other countries followed Britain's example. They also encouraged the trading of goods between Africa and British colonies. They urged other countries to end their slave trade and set slaves free. The Emancipation Act passed in 1833 freed all slaves within the British Empire. Former slaves had to work three quarters of the day for their previous owners. The owners provided the slaves with food and clothing for five years. -One member of Parliament, David Hartley believed that slavery was “contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man.” Others speculated that slaves would be happier and even more productive if they were formed into a new working class. The public opinion was measured for the following twenty years. Nearly one hundred petitions with approximately sixty thousand names on them came in from across the country. Over half of the males in Britain did not agree with slavery and wanted to do away with it. Britain concluded to end slavery within its borders in 1807.
-The campaign to abolish slavery was one of the most important and successful reform movements of the nineteenth century. Between the years of 1700 and 1810 approximately three million slaves were managed to be transported across the Atlantic. Abolitionists didn’t meet to try to ban slavery until the 1780’s; the first time the Quakers asked the British Parliament to ban slavery in Britain was in 1783. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was a model of the 19th century reform organization. When it was first formed in 1787 it dsaattracted non-Quakers. Its task was to create a constituency for British anti-slavery.
British Law & Social Reform by: Kelsey Sook!
-The Reform Act of 1832 extended voting rights to previously disfranchised citizens. The Act of 1832 was the most controversial. It reapportioned representation in Parliament in a way fairer to the cities of the industrial north which had experienced great growth.It not only reapportioned representation in Parliament, but made it more accurately represent the citizens of the country. The Act also gave the power of voting to the lower part in the social and economic scale
-The terms of the act had been heavily compromised. Although the rotten boroughs had generally been eliminated and the new industrial centres enfranchised, the process remained the same open vote. There was a ten pound property qualification that meant that the majority of the working class, who owned nothing, couldn't vote. It was still necessary to pay to stand for election so almost all people who stood for election were still aristocrats, landowners, or businessmen. This led to failure for many working class people.
-The African Institution was then created. Their sovereign aim was to ensure that the new legislation was enforced and that other countries followed Britain's example. They also encouraged the trading of goods between Africa and British colonies. They urged other countries to end their slave trade and set slaves free. The Emancipation Act passed in 1833 freed all slaves within the British Empire. Former slaves had to work three quarters of the day for their previous owners. The owners provided the slaves with food and clothing for five years. -One member of Parliament, David Hartley believed that slavery was “contrary to the laws of God and the rights of man.” Others speculated that slaves would be happier and even more productive if they were formed into a new working class. The public opinion was measured for the following twenty years. Nearly one hundred petitions with approximately sixty thousand names on them came in from across the country. Over half of the males in Britain did not agree with slavery and wanted to do away with it. Britain concluded to end slavery within its borders in 1807.
-The campaign to abolish slavery was one of the most important and successful reform movements of the nineteenth century. Between the years of 1700 and 1810 approximately three million slaves were managed to be transported across the Atlantic. Abolitionists didn’t meet to try to ban slavery until the 1780’s; the first time the Quakers asked the British Parliament to ban slavery in Britain was in 1783. The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was a model of the 19th century reform organization. When it was first formed in 1787 it dsaattracted non-Quakers. Its task was to create a constituency for British anti-slavery."British abolition of the slave trade." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. http://www.worldhistory.abc-clio.com.
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Hobsbawn, Eric. Industry and Empire: The Birth of the Industrial Revolution. rev. ed. New York: New Press, 1999.
Bloy, Marjie. "Terms of the 1832 Reform Act." The Victorian Web. Web. 8 Feb 2010. <www.victorianweb.org/history/reform2.html>.
Oldfield, John . "British- Anit Slavery ." (2009): n. pag. Web. 9 Feb 2010. <index2.php?reqstyleid=0&start=#>.
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