Human Slavery- 1400 to 1900

By natalja desch
  • Jan 1, 1441

    EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADE

    European slave trade in Africa started and slaves were to Portugal.
  • Jan 1, 1444

    LANCAROTE DE FREITAS

    Lancarote de Freitas from Lagos in Portugal land 235 kidnapped and enslaved Africans.
  • Jan 1, 1452

    SUGAR PLANTATIONS

    Sugar was first planted in Portugal and African slaves and were forced to worked.
  • Jan 1, 1462

    PORTUGUESE COLONY

    Portuguese colony on Cape Verde Island is founded, an important way station in Slave Trade
  • Jan 1, 1462

    PORTUGUESE SLAVE TRADERS

    Portuguese slave traders start to operate in Spain
  • Jan 1, 1470

    PAPAL OPPOSITION TO SPANISH MERCHANTS

    Despite Papal opposition the spanish merchants began to trade slaves in large numbers.
  • Jan 1, 1476

    CARLOS DE VALERA

    Carlos De Valera of Castille in Spain brings 400 slaves from Africa.

  • AFRICAN SLAVES

    The first African slaves arrive in Virginia

  • CONGRESS BANNING HUMAN SLAVERY

    Congress bans importation of slaves from Africa