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Jan 1, 1502
First Reported African Slaves in the New World
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Jan 1, 1525
The First Slave Voyage direct from Africa to the Americas
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Jan 1, 1560
Beginning of the continuous Slave Trade from Brazil
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Beggining of a Large Scale introduction of African Slave Labour in the British Caribbean for Sugar Production
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Slavery abolishehd in the Mainland Portugal
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Beggining of the American Revolutionary War
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Slavery abolished in French Colonies
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Slavery reintroduced to Frech Colonies
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Slavery Abolished in Denmark
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Slavery Abolished by Britain and United States
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British negotiate an agreement with Portugal
This called for gradual abolition of slave trade in the South Atlantic. -
Slavery Abolished in Spain and Spanish Colonies
Violently opposed in Cuba and uninforced. -
Slave Trade abolished in Sweden
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Slave Trade abolished in Netherlands
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Slave trading abolished in France
(not effective until 1826) -
Slavery abolished in British Colonies
(But slaves were apprenticed until 1838) -
Slaves freed in Uruguay
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Slavery abolished in French and Danish Colonies
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Slave trade abolished by Brazil
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Slavery abolished in Peru
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Slavery abolished in Portuguese Colonies
(But slaves were apprenticed for 20 years) -
Slavery abolished in Dutch Colonies in the Caribbean
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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Slavery abolished in Cuba