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African Slave Trade

  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1450

    European Contact

    This is the time when Europeans first encountered Africans
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1499

    Slavery

    Slavery existed in Africa and everywhere else in the world
  • Southern Tip
    Jan 1, 1488

    Southern Tip

    Bartholomeu Dias rounded tip of Africa
  • Bartholomeu Dias' route
    Jan 1, 1498

    Bartholomeu Dias' route

    Vasco de Gama followed Bartholomeu Dias' route to India and made it
  • Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1550

    Trade

    The Europeans began to bring slaves to Americas
  • Kind Affonso speech to Portuguese's Government
    Jan 1, 1526

    Kind Affonso speech to Portuguese's Government

    Kind Affonso told the Portuguese's Government that it is their will that there should not be any trade of slaves
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    Trade Network

    Cargo lined the Africans, Europe, and the Americans
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    European's Thinkers

    The Europeans talked about ending slavery and the slave trade
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    (\Atlantic Slave Trade-

    Europeans were bringing up to 60,00 Africans a year to the Americans
  • Sierra Leone

    Sierra Leone

    British set up Sierra Leone as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa
  • Outlaw

    Outlaw

    Britain didn't outlaw slavery, but they had outlawed the slave trade
  • Banned

    Banned

    Britain had banned slavery in it's empire
  • Freedom

    Freedom

    Liberia became independent country
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    Mirambo empire

    Mirambo built a empire in anzania. He was running the slave trade.
  • US Civil war

    US Civil war

    US Civil was cause by slavery