300,000 people boycotted slave-grown sugar, Demand for slave-grown sugar fell and plantation owners lost profits, 519 petitions with about 390,000 signatures were sent to Parliament, MPs realised many people supported abolishing the slave trade, Public opinion turned against slavery, Politicians felt pressure to support abolition, The price of enslaved people in Africa increased, Slave traders made smaller profits, Sugar plantations became less productive because soil fertility declined, Plantation profits fell, Competition from other sugar producers increased, Caribbean sugar became less profitable, The Industrial Revolution strengthened Britain's economy, The slave trade became less important to Britain’s wealth, William Wilberforce introduced abolition bills every year, Abolition became a regular issue debated in Parliament, The 1806 law stopped British ships trading enslaved people with French colonies, Two-thirds of the slave trade was stopped, Years of abolition campaigning raised awareness of the horrors of slavery, More people supported ending the slave trade.

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