Slave Trade

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  • Period: Jan 5, 1400 to Oct 14, 1450

    European contact

    The time when European first encountered Africans
  • Aug 10, 1441

    The Start

    Start of European slave trading in Africa.
  • Nov 13, 1461

    Portuguese trading forts

    The first of the Portuguese trading forts, the castle at Arguin (modern Mauritania), is completed.
  • Period: Mar 13, 1502 to Oct 13, 1580

    United

    Portugal was temporarily united with Spain
  • Jun 25, 1526

    Ending Slave Trade

    Kind Affonso said to the Portuguese government
  • Period: to

    Get Rid of Slavery

    Talk of abolition by European thinkers.
  • Colony for Free Slaves

    British set up Sierra Leone as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa Liberia was organized after by slaves from the United States.
  • Outlawed Slave Trade

    Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did no outlaw slavery.
  • Renew agreements

    The United States and Spain renew commercial agreements in the Adams-Onis Treaty.
  • Ban To Slavery

    Britain banned slavery in it's empire
  • Independence

    Liberia became independent.
  • Period: to

    Strong empire built

    Mirambo built a strong empire in Tanzania. Became a very strong nation in Africa.Diaspora: scattering of people
  • Slavery causes War

    US Civil War partially caused by slavery.