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Period: Jan 1, 1350 to Jan 1, 1400
Prior to 1400
Slavery existed in AFRICA and elsewhere around the world..Slaves were part of the community ,they were SERVANTS rather than property. "A Slave who knows how to serve inherits his master's property." -
Jan 1, 1400
1400's
Europeans brought FEW slaves to Europe. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1450
Early 1400's
Europeans begin contacts with the people of West Africa Portugals's Prince Henry was looking for a sea route to India. -
Jan 1, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias
Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa. -
Jan 1, 1498
Vasco de Gama
Vasco de Gama followed Bartholomeu Dias' route and made it to India. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1540
Early 1500's
Begin to bring slaves to America's. -
Jan 1, 1526
1526
Slavery was continued because King Affonso was ignored -
1600's
A trade network, with people as cargo linked Africa, Europe, and the Americas. Racism took root. -
Period: to
Height of the Atlantic Slave Trade
60,000 Africans were being brought to the Americas by Europeans. -
Sierra Leone and Liberia
Freed slaves could return to Africa because Britain set up Sierra Leone as a colony. The slaves from The US organized Liberia. -
1807
Slavery was not outlawed but the slave trade was outlawed by Britain. -
1833
Slavery was banned in Britain's empire. -
Independence
Liberia became an independent country. -
Period: to
Late 1800's
After Mirambo built his strong empire in Tanzania, he had a lot of strength and stole a lot of people and after he stole then he sold them. -
1865
US Civil War partially was caused by slavery.
