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Brazilian Slavery

  • Period: Oct 1, 1500 to

    brazilian slavery

  • Oct 1, 1530

    Here comes the slaves.

    The first ship of laves arrived in brazil.The entered thorugh the port of Salvador. They stayed there where many sugar plantations started opening.
  • Oct 2, 1549

    strict bureaucracy

    The goverment for Brazil started making more strict rules for just about everything but slavery.
  • Senegambie

    In the 16th century senegambia was the main provider of slaves fro brazil
  • GOLD!

    In the 1690's gold was found tripiling the demand for native american slaves.
  • angola and congo

    By the 17th century angola and congo were the main provider of slaves. about 1 million were sent to the diamand and gold fields.
  • independence

    In 1822 when brazil gained its independence from porugal. they never even thought of stopping slavery.
  • coffee

    In 1830 mining for diamnods and gold came to a slow stop. There started to become more slaves needed for the coffe plantations than anything.
  • britian

    Starting in the 1830's britian navy ships started intercepting slave ships coming back from AFrica. This began a huge loss of slaves for Brazil.
  • ending of trade slave

    In 1850 brazil eneded illegal slave trades do to pressure from Great Britian.
  • law of free womb

    In 1871 brazi passed a law saying that slaves born into slavery were born free.