History of Slave Trade

By fosterotto
  • Jan 1, 1482

    Portuguese build first slave-trade post at Elmina(Ghana)

  • Jan 1, 1503

    Spanish Traders Take the First Slaves to America

  • Jan 1, 1562

    English Slavery

    John Hawkins orders for the first English Expedition into Africa to import slaves to the colonies

  • King Louis XIII Authorizes French Triangular Slave Trade

    The Triangular Trade was a route that was apart of the Americas and Africa for centuries, and provided a base for the economy of the colonies and would surge the production of raw materials for the future of the world economy.

  • Slavery Contributes to Industrial Revolution

    during the 18th and 19th century, cotton industries focused on more efficient ways to produce raw materials to be used in factories using slaves as their workers and boosting the economy, while this helped the economy, slavery was still a breach of inegrity.

  • British Parliament Abolishes Transatlantic Slave Trade