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The Atlantic Slave Trade

By mythicmage
  • Period: 1526 to

    The Atlantic Slave Trade

  • transatlantic slave trade

    people were captured in Africa and transported across the Atlantic ocean to be enslaved

  • first African in Jamestown colony

    A Portuguese ship was attacked near Jamestown and they had slaves aboard so they captured them.

  • peak of the transatlantic Slave Trade

    this is when the slave trade hit its peak and started to decline.

  • Great Britain abolishes slavery

    abolishes slavery in all of their colonies.

  • The U.S Congress bans importation of slaves

    bans the importation of slaves in America

  • Brazil outlaws slave trade

    Outlaws slave trade but doesnt make it illegal

  • All slaves freed

    the emancipation proclamation freed all slaves in the us