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Events on Friday 1 August 1834 2
1782 – 1834Robert Morrison (1782-1834)Died 1 August 1834, aged 52Morrison was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary who became the first Protestant missionary in China and compiled an influential Chinese-English dictionary. He translated the Bible into Chinese and served as an interpreter for the British East India Company in Canton. He died in Guangzhou after 27 years in China.
1834Abolition of Slavery Takes Effect Across the British EmpireSlavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into forceThe Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force, freeing most enslaved people throughout the British Empire. Former slaves under six are freed outright, while others enter a period of forced apprenticeship before full freedom. The British government compensates slave owners, not the enslaved, for the loss of human property.