The Vote That Banned Britain's Slave Trade
On March 25, 1807, after twenty years of campaigning, the Slave Trade Act received royal assent, making Britain's slave trade illegal from May 1.
Tales from the year 1807
The 'Folly' That Sailed Up the Hudson
On August 17, 1807, Robert Fulton's steamboat defied a jeering crowd to sail from New York to Albany, launching the steam age on America's rivers.