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Jan 1, 1500
Slaves are taken from nigeria
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Jan 1, 1540
Shipping productivity increases
An estimated 10,000 slaves were being shipped a year from Africa. -
Importing slaves
Slavery cuts out middle man. Slaves are shipped from Africa directly to mainland America -
Anti-slavery movement
A committee of 12 were appointed. -
invention of cotton gin
solidified central impotance of slavery -
Slavery abolished in Britin
Was illegal to be im possestion of slaves in the british colonies -
domestic trade flourished
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Europe condemns slavery
Congress of vienna condemns slavery -
Slavery act passed
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Slavery abolished in america
