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Slavery existed in AFRICA and elsewhere around the world.
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Europeans begin contacts with the people of West Africa
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Portugal's Prince Henry was looking for a sea route to India because he wanted gold.
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Bartolomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa
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Vasco de Gama followed Bartolomeu Dias' route and made it to India
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Begin to bring slaves to America
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King Affonso said to the Portugese government , " "It is our will that in these kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them."
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A trade network, with people as cargo linked Africa, Europe, and the Americas
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Height of the ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
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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
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Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did not outlaw slavery.
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Britain banned slavery in it's empire
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Liberia became an independent country
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Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania.
