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1415
Portuguese capture Ceuta
This marked the beginning of European expansion. -
1441
First shipment of slaves brought directly from Africa to Portugal
The Slave trade would begin to arise throughout the Atlantic. -
1562
Beginnings of English Slave Trade
The English Slave Trade would be huge, like the Portuguese one. The English would trade slaves, eventually in the triangular trade routes, and many were sent to their colonies, -
Fall of Songhay Empire
This empire exposed smaller African tribes that were once protected by this African empire. -
Dutch establish colony at Cape of Good Hope
The Dutch were able to use this colony to effectively navigate around Africa. -
English get right to import slaves to Spanish empire
The English were massive partakers in the slave trade at this time. -
Abolitionist movement gains strength in England
There was an opposition to Slavery, and eventually, if not for a while, it would be successful in abolishment. -
Slave uprising in Haiti
Slaves rebelled. Although they were not usually successful, a few rebellions were. -
Cape Colony comes under formal British Control
The British, at this time, would begin the establishment of the largest maritime empire in history. -
Great Britain abolishes slavery in the West Indies
Abolitionists kept fighting, and finally got their way 40 years later.