The Slave Trade Act of 1807 was made by the United Kingdom Parliament and prohibited the slave trade in the british empire. The promoters of the bill were the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade and they decided to concentrate on a campaign to persuade the Parliament to abolish the slave trade instead of the slavery itself because they believed that it was more likely to succed. They also believed that if the trade was ceased eventually the slavery would come to an end.
The act abolished the slave trade in all the British colonies and turn into illegal to carry slaves in British ships. The United Kingdom used his influence tpwards other nations to pressed other countries to put an end to the Slave trade. United States abolish the Atlantic slave trade but maintain the policy about the internal slave trade. Britain kept pressing other european countries to stopped slave trade considering it as "repulsive to the principles of natural justice".
With the Slave Trade Act Britain began a movement that was received by other major slave exporters countries to stopped with this practice and this way contribute to the end of slavery. This specially affect the americas because they were the biggest importers of slaves and by cutting the flow of them they began to lack workforce because of the precarious conditions. Also the Act reflected a growing sensation among the world´s population that slavery was wrong and went against the natural justice.
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