Slave trade

By beycom
  • Period: Nov 14, 1400 to Sep 13, 1407

    Slaves come to Europe (Early 1400's)

    Europeans begin contacts with the people of west Africa
  • Aug 17, 1411

    Slavery begins (Early 1400's)

    Europeans brought FEW slaves to Europe
  • Dec 15, 1488

    Rounded tip

    Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa
  • Bartholomeu Dias
    Nov 14, 1498

    Bartholomeu Dias

    vasco DE GAMA FOLLOWED BARTHOLOMEU Dias route and made it to India.
  • Period: Dec 8, 1501 to Aug 21, 1512

    Europeans and Africans (early 1500's)

    Europeans begin to bring slaves to Americas
  • King Affonso comes to senses
    Sep 27, 1526

    King Affonso comes to senses

    Kind affonso said to the Portuguese government, - "it is our will that in these kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them." what we the result?
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    Early 1600'a

    A trade network, and Americas
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    Atlantic Slave trade

    Height of the ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE Europeans were bringing up to 60,000 Africans a year to the Americas.
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    Abolition Talk

    talk of abolition by European thinkers. What is abolition? The ending of something.

  • Sierra leone

    British set up SIERRA LEONE as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa

  • Britain outlaw Slave trade

    Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did not outlaw slavery.
  • End of Slavery in britain

    End of Slavery in britain

    Britain banned slavery in it's empire.

  • Liberia independence

    Liberia became an independent country in 1847
  • US civil war

    US civil war

    US civil war partially caused by slavery