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Group or institution

Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1835–1837

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Slave Compensation Act 1837

    1835–1837

    Role: Authorized to compensate slave owners

    1. 3 August 1835 · British GovernmentFinancing the Compensation

      The British government secured a £15 million loan in 1835 to finance the compensation payments, with additional funds paid in government stock.

    2. 1837 · British ColoniesIssuance of Compensation Awards

      More than 40,000 awards were issued to slave owners based on a government census of 1 August 1834, totaling approximately £20 million for enslaved people freed in the Caribbean, Mauritius and the Cape of Good Hope.

    3. 23 December 1837 · Parliament of the United KingdomRoyal Assent and Scope Expansion

      The Slave Compensation Act 1837 was signed into law on 23 December 1837, widening compensation to cover owners of any African slave in any colony.

Sources

  1. Slave Compensation Act 1837 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12