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Period: Mar 6, 1350 to Nov 13, 1399
Slavery exhists in Africa and other parts of the world.
These slaves were captured during times of the war. They were a part of the community but were considered more as servants than property. And a good slave was quoted to "inherit his master's property" -
Period: Jan 20, 1400 to Dec 25, 1487
Exploring the Coast of Africa
Europeans began contacts with the people of West Africa. Portugal's Prince Henry wanted gold and also wanted someone to take a map of Africa, so he set out for a sea route to india. -
Period: Nov 13, 1400 to Nov 13, 1499
Europeans brought FEW slaves to Europe
Europeans relied on slave local African rulers to supply them with slaves and they brought little to African but were bringing up to 60,000 Africans a year to the Americas. -
Feb 3, 1488
Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa
Was significant because for the first time, Europeans were coming to the realization that they could have adirect trade with India and parts of Asia. -
May 10, 1498
Vasco de Gama followed Bartholomeu Dias' route and made it to India
This mission was reach India and open up a sea route from Europe to the east. -
Jan 1, 1526
Putting an end to the slave trade
King Affonso said to the Portugese government , " "It is our will that in these kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them." -
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Trades in Humans
A trade network, with people as cargo linked Africa, Europe, and the Americas -
The beginning of racism
Racism was in strong effect during trade arrangements. -
A New Outlet
British set up SIERRA LEONE as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa -
Britian outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did not outlaw slavery
this act abolished slave trade in the british empire, but not slavery itself. Slavery on English soil was unsupported in English law. It was confirmed and remained legal in most of the British Empire until the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833. -
Slavery abolition act of 1833
Britain completely banned slavery in it's empire! -
Independence
Liberia was organized after by slaves from the United States, and became an independent country in 1847. -
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Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania
They were the ones running the slave trade, they have the power, guns, first bunch of people. So it made it easy for them to go into other people's society to get what they wanted. -
Ending the slave trade continued
US Civil War partially caused by slavery, people were attacking and killing people for slaves now that they felt like were needed again. -
Effects of the Slave Trade
neighbors were attacking other for slaves. Specifically strong males so they could get more work done, and so they could also get have an increased profit for goods because they could trade them.
