History of Slavery

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  • Jan 1, 1400

    Import African Slaves

    Portuguese began importing significant numbers of black African slaves into Libon via Atlantic
  • Period: Jan 1, 1453 to

    Early Slavery

  • Sep 19, 1453

    Christian Europe Cutoff

    Ottomen turks capture Constantinople, Christian Europe cut off major source of slaves
  • Sep 19, 1500

    Early Problem

    Unto the early 16th century England's population grew by over a third more than it's economy so ato address the the crime and population,
  • Sep 19, 1530

    Indian slavery

    Portuguese and Brazil relied on Indian slave labor to produce sugar
  • Sep 19, 1547

    Branded Slaves

    Enslaved persistent vagabonds and branded them with the letter "S"
  • Sep 19, 1550

    Headed to the New World

    9 million Africans left to the New World

  • Racists Thoughts Arise

    Europeans held deeply racist sendiments before the establishment of slavery. Claimed negroes were the descendants of Noah's son Ham who was cursed by having a black offspring.