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The time when European first encountered Africans
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Start of European slave trading in Africa.
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The first of the Portuguese trading forts, the castle at Arguin (modern Mauritania), is completed.
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Portugal was temporarily united with Spain
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Kind Affonso said to the Portuguese government
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Talk of abolition by European thinkers.
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British set up Sierra Leone as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa Liberia was organized after by slaves from the United States.
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Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did no outlaw slavery.
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The United States and Spain renew commercial agreements in the Adams-Onis Treaty.
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Britain banned slavery in it's empire
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Liberia became independent.
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Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania. Became a very strong nation in Africa.Diaspora: scattering of people
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US Civil War partially caused by slavery.