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The Slave Trade began with Portugese traders. They took African slaves to work. About 350,000 slaves were taken to America.
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English Pirates began selling slaves to the Spanish colonies.
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Britain captured Barbados in the West Indies.
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Britain took over Jamaica.
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Royal Africa Company was set up to sugar plantations of West Indies.
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A slave cost £3 worth of traded goods.
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A slave cost £20 in West Indies
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'Asiento', a slave contract that Spain gave to Britain. The slave contract was about trading 144,000 slaves a year.
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Lord Mansfield, a judge said slavery was illegal in England.
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Committee for Abolition of the slave trade was formed.
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The Dolben Act restricted how many slaves a ship could have.
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Wilberforce made his first speech in the parliament against slavery.
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Wilberforce presented a bill for slave trade abolition.
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Slave price rose to £25.
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James Stephen recommended a diiferent bill banning for British ships from taking slaves to French colonies, stopping two-third of slave trade.
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The British Parliament abolished slave trade.
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The Congress of Vienna decided to end slave trade.
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The British Empire abolished slave trade.
