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I was taught that slavery died out in England in the Middle Ages and that it was officially banned in Cartwright’s case in 1569, but it seems from portraits and old newspaper adverts that in the 18th and early 19th century there were black slaves in England, so was it re-legalised?

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I was taught that slavery died out in England in the Middle Ages and that it was officially banned in Cartwright’s case in 1569, but it seems from portraits and old newspaper adverts that in the 18th and early 19th century there were black slaves in England, so was it re-legalised?	1264	AskHistorians