Sterns Chapter 20

Portuguese capture Ceuta (Morocco)

1415

Beginning of European expansion

First shipment of African slaves brought directly from Africa to Portugal

1441

The beginning of the slave trade

Portuguese fort established at El Mina (Ghana)

1481

Served as trading post and supplied navigators

Beginnings of English slave trade

1562

This would lead to plantations in the Americas and a large economic boost

Portuguese establish colony in Angola

1570

The Portuguese start expanding, just like the other empires

Fall of Songhai Empire

1591

After al-Mansur took over the Trans-Saharan trade routes, the Songhai empire collapsed

Dutch establish colony at Cape of Good Hope

1652

The Dutch are expanding their influence and will trade longer distances

English get right to import slaves to Spanish Empire

1713

The slave trade is growing, and there is a big boost in the number of slaves being traded

Slave uprising in Haiti

1792

This slave uprising in Haiti will lead to future slave uprisings

Great Britain abolishes slavery in the West Indies

1833

Slavery in the West Indies was abolished, which is just one of many things to come concerning human rights and freedom