19th Century Reform Events

By mgrable
  • Temperane Movement

    In the 1820's there were temperance movement where people were protesting the consumption of alcohol and wanted the government to pass laws restricting or banning alcohol because of its negative effects.
  • Abolitionism

    Enslaved men, women, and children in the British Empire finally became fully free after a period of forced apprenticeship following the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833.