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Period: Nov 14, 1400 to Sep 13, 1407
Slaves come to Europe (Early 1400's)
Europeans begin contacts with the people of west Africa -
Aug 17, 1411
Slavery begins (Early 1400's)
Europeans brought FEW slaves to Europe -
Dec 15, 1488
Rounded tip
Bartholomeu Dias rounded the southern tip of Africa -
Nov 14, 1498
Bartholomeu Dias
vasco DE GAMA FOLLOWED BARTHOLOMEU Dias route and made it to India. -
Period: Dec 8, 1501 to Aug 21, 1512
Europeans and Africans (early 1500's)
Europeans begin to bring slaves to Americas -
Sep 27, 1526
King Affonso comes to senses
Kind affonso said to the Portuguese government, - "it is our will that in these kingdoms there should not be any trade of slaves nor outlet for them." what we the result? -
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Early 1600'a
A trade network, and Americas -
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Atlantic Slave trade
Height of the ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE Europeans were bringing up to 60,000 Africans a year to the Americas. -
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Abolition Talk
talk of abolition by European thinkers. What is abolition? The ending of something. -
Sierra leone
British set up SIERRA LEONE as a colony for freed slaves to return to Africa -
Britain outlaw Slave trade
Britain outlawed the slave trade, but the ban did not outlaw slavery. -
End of Slavery in britain
Britain banned slavery in it's empire. -
Liberia independence
Liberia became an independent country in 1847 -
US civil war
US civil war partially caused by slavery
