Atlantic slave trade

  • Sep 1, 1502

    First Slaves in the New World

    First Slaves in the New World
    1502, first reported Afrrican slaves in the New World.
  • Atlantic Slave Labor Caribean

    Atlantic Slave Labor Caribean
    Slave were put to work in sugar production by british in the Caribbean.
  • white refuges

    white refuges
    White refuges go into United States ports,fleeing the insurrection in Santo Domingo.
  • Slavery ban Denmark

    Slavery ban Denmark
    1803 Denmark is first to ban the slave trade.
  • United States bans slave trade

    United States bans slave trade
    the Unites States passes legislation banning slave trade that will take effect the following year.
  • britain bans atlanic slave trade

    britain bans atlanic slave trade
    Britain, the slave trading nation, bans the atlantic slave trade.
  • gradual abolition

    gradual abolition
    British negotiate an agreement with Portugal calling for gradual abolition of slave trade in the South Alantic.
  • No More Slavery

    No More Slavery
    Great Britain and Spain sign a treaty prohibiting the slave trade in the north equator.
  • No slavery in the U.S.

    U.S congress passes legislation stiffening provisions against American participation in slavery.
  • Brazil and Cuba

    Brazil and Cuba
    the Alantic slave trade3 was abolised over a 30-years period ending with Portugal's 1836 ban on slave trade. But legal abolition didn't end the still profitable trade, it continued illegually in the 19th century.Brazil and Cuba still continued to trade until 1860.