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Q. Which of the following Governor Generals had abolished slavery in India?
Answer: Lord Ellenborough
Notes: It was Lord Ellenborough who abolished slavery in India. The Indian Slavery Act, 1843, also Act V of 1843, was an act passed in British India under East India Company rule, which outlawed many economic transactions associated with slavery.

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