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Jan 1, 1400
Europeans leave to the New World
These Europeans left in hopes to escape the war and famine that plagued their countries. They hoped to find economic stability in the Americas. Many yearned to conquer such a vast new world. -
Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Human Migrations during the Columbian Exchange
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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Human Migrations
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Jan 1, 1450
Europeans and Africans travel to the Americas
These Africans were not going to the Americas as slaves, but seeking financial opportunity, like the Europeans they traveled with were. However these could only be counted in the hundred thousands, as the larger populations came later. -
Jan 1, 1497
Slavery from the Americas to Europe
A few years after Columbus' journey, tens of thousands of American slaves were sold in both Spain in Portugal. The exact number of Native Americans affected is not confirmed. -
Jan 1, 1500
Men and Women from sub-Saharan Africa go to America
Unfortunately these people were not leaving voluntarily, but in shackles and chains. They were taken because they had no choice. Whether all of them became slaves or not is hotly debated. -
Jan 1, 1500
Americans go to Afro-Eurasia
At the same time that the sub-Saharan people left to the Americas, Native Americans were either being taken or voluntarily moving to Afro-Eurasia. They were taken as slaves and those who weren't were leaving in hopes of economic stability and to escape the harassment they experienced in America. -
Substantial population of slaves in Portugal and Spain
The Spanish and Portuguese were very familiar with slavery. By the end of the 16th century they had a large amount of slaves from North and West Africa. Most of them were bought. But we see that a great percentage of those slaves were also Native Americans. -
Slavery introduced to North America
During this time Dutch traders who had captured a Spanish slave ship brought the African slaves to Jamestown, Virginia, named after James I. -
The Dutch, French and British establish settlements in the New World
Even though the Spanish law forbade non-Spaniards to settle in their half of the world, these countries did it anyways. The other half of the world apparently belonged to the Portuguese.
