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First reported slaves arrives in the Spanish colonies of South America having travelled via Spain.
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The slave trade in Brazil started to expand more. The slaves had to work in the sugar plantation so that they could give the sugar products to their owners.
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John Hawkins became the first english man to trade in slaves. He was the cousin of Sir Francis Drake.
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From 1640, it was the beggining of the large-scale introduction of African slaves in sugar production in the British Carribean. This went on until 1680.
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It is estimated that one slave ship leaves Britain every other day. Half of the slaves are dying in the ship or in the initial period.
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The society of abolitionof the trans-atlantic slave trade founded by Grranville Sharp and Thomas Clarkson.
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The Haitian Revolution begins as a slave uprising near Le Cap. The slaves setfire to their plantations they worked in and demanded their freedom. The leader was Toussaint L'Overture, himself a former slave.
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Britain passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act which Outlaws the British Atlantic Slave Trade. The Trans-atlantic slave trade is abolished by the British Parliment. US also ban the slave trade, to take the effect the following year and many countries abolished or banned slavery.
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The last Trans-atlantic slave trade voyage arrives in America. The last slave ship was called Clotilde. The captain of the ship - William Foster - took the command to control of the ship. There were at least 110 -160 slaves in the mammoth ship. This was an illegal scheme.
