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Period: Jan 5, 1400 to Oct 14, 1450
European contact
The time when European first encountered Africans -
Aug 10, 1441
The Start
Start of European slave trading in Africa. -
Nov 13, 1461
Portuguese trading forts
The first of the Portuguese trading forts, the castle at Arguin (modern Mauritania), is completed. -
Period: Mar 13, 1502 to Oct 13, 1580
United
Portugal was temporarily united with Spain -
Jun 25, 1526
Ending Slave Trade
Kind Affonso said to the Portuguese government -
Period: to
Get Rid of Slavery
Talk of abolition by European thinkers. -
Colony for Free Slaves
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. -
Outlawed Slave Trade
Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did no outlaw slavery. -
Renew agreements
The United States and Spain renew commercial agreements in the Adams-Onis Treaty. -
Ban To Slavery
Britain banned slavery in it's empire -
Independence
Liberia became independent. -
Period: to
Strong empire built
Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania. Became a very strong nation in Africa.Diaspora: scattering of people -
Slavery causes War
US Civil War partially caused by slavery.