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Aug 1, 1400
Beginning
Began in Africa with people from Europe taking African Americans and selling them as slaves. The European slave trade goes back as far as 50 years before Christopher Columbus began his journey through the Americas. It began with people from Europe (Portugal) taking African Americans and selling/ trading them as slaves. When the Portuguese arrived in Africa their goal was to expand and see what was there but in the end they ended up coming back with slaves. The Portuguese were sponsored by Prince -
Sep 17, 1500
1500's-1600's
Human trafficking or slavery was very common. In between the 1500's and 1600's there were about 9 million slaves. Slaves were used for many things like satisfying men's sexual needs and forcing slaves to take on many acts of labor. Slavery began to expand more and by the 1600's. By the 1600's Europeans were transporting 200,000 o a boat through the Atlantic Ocean to bring back to the Americas. -
First slaves in North America
The first English colony in North America and Virginia, acquired its first Africans after a ship arrived unsolicited, carrying cargo of about 20 Africans. -
First legal Slave
An African named John Casar, became the first legal slave in the present United States. A court in Northampton County ruled against him, declaring him property for life "owned by Anthony Johnson, a black colonist." -
1700's-1800's Cost of a Slave.
Slaves used to be “expensive” to purchase, today’s equivalent of about $40,000. They were considered to be lifetime investments. The Average cost for a slave to day is only $90, and some are even less. -
The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade was founded in Britain.
In 1787, a group called the Abolition Committee (sometimes referred to as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) arose out of a Quaker group called the Meeting on Suffering. This new committee was made up of Quakers, as well as prominent evangelical Thomas Clarkson and lawyer Granville Sharp. Thus, the Committee acted in both the political and public sphere to accomplish their goal of the legal prohibition of the British slave trade. -
National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man.
On August 26th, during the French Revolution, the National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man, one of the fundamental charters of human liberties. The first of 17 articles states: “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.” -
1800's Attitudes Towards Slavery Change
In the 1800s many of the independent nations of Spanish America outlawed slavery as soon as they achieved their independence.The British Empire also outlawed slavery in 1833.France freed its bonded labour in its colonies in 1848. -
1807 Thomas Jefferson signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves into law.
Thomas Jefferson signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves into law, forbidding the importation of African slaves into the United States.
However, given the restriction imposed by Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution, the law would only become effective on January 1, 1808. However, the controversy continued over slavery and continued until the end of the Civil War with the passage 13th Amendment of the Constitution. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Declares those slaves of the confederate controlled areas to be freed. Most slaves in Border States are free. Separate from Washington D.C. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment, the Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in states not held by the Union. -
Slavery ends in South America.
Slavery ends in South America when the legislature of Brazil frees the country’s 725,000 slaves by enacting the Lei Aurea (Golden Law)
In 1873 Joaquim Nabuco began his fight against slavery in Brazil inspiring the formation of the Brazilian Anti-Slavery Society. The struggle for total abolition kept moving forward under his leadership, and finally on May 13, 1888, the imperial family passed Lei Aurea, “the Golden Law”, making Brazil the last nation in the Western Hemisphere to formally abolish -
White Slave Act
Slavery wasn't just African Americans, there were also white slaves. The International Agreement for the Suppression of "White Slave Traffic" was signed and put into action. This agreement was signed to protect women, young and old, from being involved in white slave traffic. Which made white slavery illegal. -
Change of term White Slavery
League of Nations held an international conference in Geneva, in which the term 'white slavery' was changed to 'traffic of women and children. This was done to make sure that: the trafficking in all countries was dealt with, the victims of races other than those termed 'white' were recognized, and that male children were also recognized as victims. During this conference, 33 countries signed the International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children. -
Immoral Traffic Prevention Act
The Act was initiated by India. The act persecutes the third parties involved in trafficking. These activities included running brothels, living on earnings from sex work, capturing and imprisoning people into prostitution, etc. -
World Conference
The World Conference was held by the United Nations to address the issue of trafficking of women. In this meeting, a major accomplishment was the fact that trafficking was actually recognized as an act of violence against women, and the concept of trafficking was further defined ("Trafficking"). Actions were taken to be developed, such as enforcing international conventions on trafficking and human slavery, address the factors that encourage trafficking, set up effective law enforcement. -
Polaris Project
Was founded by Derek Ellerman and Katherine Chonand at Brown University and became a human trafficking hotline. Polaris Project is the biggest organization opposing human trafficking.. -
Human Trafficking Awareness month
President Obama declared January to be Human Trafficking Awareness month, and Jan. 11, 2011 was named National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. On this day, various individual and aid organizations attempt to increase awareness about human trafficking among the general public.
