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Period: 1526 to
The Atlantic Slave Trade
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transatlantic slave trade
people were captured in Africa and transported across the Atlantic ocean to be enslaved -
first African in Jamestown colony
A Portuguese ship was attacked near Jamestown and they had slaves aboard so they captured them. -
peak of the transatlantic Slave Trade
this is when the slave trade hit its peak and started to decline. -
Great Britain abolishes slavery
abolishes slavery in all of their colonies. -
The U.S Congress bans importation of slaves
bans the importation of slaves in America -
Brazil outlaws slave trade
Outlaws slave trade but doesnt make it illegal -
All slaves freed
the emancipation proclamation freed all slaves in the us