Sodacan — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1834 Slavery was formally abolished in the Cape Colony under Britain's Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
AbolitionOn this day — December 1 in African history
Real events, births and milestones from Africa and the diaspora.
Sodacan — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons 1834 
Présence Congolaise (1958) — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1958 The Central African Republic attained self-rule within the French Union, with Barthélemy Boganda as its first head of government.
Independence
Anefo, Nationaal Archief — CC0, Wikimedia Commons Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba was arrested on the Sankuru River by forces loyal to Mobutu Sese Seko.
Politics
Library of Congress, Rosa Parks Papers — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Civil Rights
Amanda Lucidon, Office of the White House — Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 1990 Idriss Déby became President of Chad after ousting Hissène Habré, a date now commemorated as Chad's Freedom and Democracy Day.
Politics
André-Pierre — CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons 2006 South Africa's law legalizing same-sex marriage came into force, making it the first country in Africa to do so.
Politics