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Slavery existed in Africa and elsewhere around the world.
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Europeans begin contacts with the people of West Africa. Portugal's Prince Henry was looking for a sea route to India
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Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa
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Vasco de Gama followed Bartholomeu Dias' route and made it to India
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Began bringing slaves to Americas
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King Affonso said to the Portuguese government, "It is our will that in these kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them." The government didnt care.
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A trade network, with people as cargo linked Africa, Europe, and the Americas
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Racism starts to take place during trade networking
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Talk of abolition by European thinkers
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Height of the Atlantic Slave Trade
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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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Liberia became an independent country
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Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania.
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US Civil War partially caused by slavery
