British Empire abolishing slavery

Slavery was always despised in the Caribbean. They used barbaric means of getting these slaves, in some cases by raiding villages and kidnapping the people. They would torture them, deprive them of basic necessities such as food and drink, even fresh air on the ship coming to the new land. These people were treated worse than animals, beaten and abused. They had enough and resisted. Even though they resisted the slave trade since it began. The Slaves retaliated as a whole, in some incidents in the thousands. Major slave revolts followed throughout the Caribbean. The successful slave revolt which made Haiti independent in 1804 was an inspiration to other countries such as Barbados, Cuba and Jamaica. The revolts shocked the British government and made them see that the costs and dangers of keeping slavery in the West Indies were too high. Plantation owners were finally ready to accept abolition rather than risk a widespread war. Great Britain suffered and did not want to fight another war after the series of wars they fought at this time as in 1812 against America and the French Revolution in 1815. The French Revolution also brought ideas of liberty and equality, which inspired those seeking an end to slavery. Besides, the industrial revolution in the 18th century, Britain no longer needed slave-based goods. The country was more able to prosper from new systems which required high efficiency, through free trade and free labor. Cotton, rather than sugar, became the main produce of the British economy and English towns. The British the British Empire passed a Bill to abolish slave trade in 1807 and in 1833, slavery was abolished for good. The act, did not free enslaved people, they were to become "apprentices" for 6 years and some were paid small wages as planters. Protests finally forced the government to abolish the apprenticeship system in 1838(Sources:http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/DIASPORA/REBEL.HTMl, http://caribbean-guide.info/past.and.present/history/slave.rebellion)