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Jan 1, 1482
Portuguese build first slave-trade post at Elmina(Ghana)
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Jan 1, 1503
Spanish Traders Take the First Slaves to America
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Jan 1, 1562
English Slavery
John Hawkins orders for the first English Expedition into Africa to import slaves to the colonies -
King Louis XIII Authorizes French Triangular Slave Trade
The Triangular Trade was a route that was apart of the Americas and Africa for centuries, and provided a base for the economy of the colonies and would surge the production of raw materials for the future of the world economy. -
Slavery Contributes to Industrial Revolution
during the 18th and 19th century, cotton industries focused on more efficient ways to produce raw materials to be used in factories using slaves as their workers and boosting the economy, while this helped the economy, slavery was still a breach of inegrity. -
British Parliament Abolishes Transatlantic Slave Trade