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Period: Nov 13, 1350 to Nov 13, 1399
Slavery existed in Africa and elsewhere around the world
The beginning of slavery -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1450
Europeans begin contacts with the people of West Africa
Portugese explorers were looking for gold and a route -
Period: Nov 13, 1400 to Nov 13, 1499
Europeans brought few slaves to Europe
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Nov 13, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa
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Nov 13, 1498
Vasco de Gama followed Bartholomeu Dias' route and made it to India
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Period: Nov 13, 1500 to Nov 13, 1550
Begin to bring slaves to Americas
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A trade network, with people as cargo linked Africa, Europe, and the Americas
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Period: to
Height of the ATLANT SLAVE TRADE
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Period: to
talk of abolition by European thinkers.
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British set up SIERRA LEONE as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa
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Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did not outlaw slavery.
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Britain banned slavery in it's empire.
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Period: to
Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania
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US Civil War partially caused by slavery
