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Oct 26, 1440
Traingle Trade
Tri.Trade was the export of goods from Europe to Africa. A number of African kings and merchants took part in the trading of enslaved people in about 1440. For each captive, the African rulers would receive a variety of goods from Europe. These included guns, ammunition and other factory made goods. The second leg of the tri trade exported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas and the Caribbean Islands. The third part of the tri trade was the return of goods to europe. -
Nov 29, 1500
Europe's Part in the Slave Trade
Europe was a large part of the slave trade from the 16th to 19th century. They made manufactored goods. Such as weapons and textiles. Some of these stayed in Europe. But most of the manufactored goods wee sent to Africa by boat. -
Nov 29, 1500
Africas Part in the Slave Trade
In 1502, the first slave was brought from Africa to the Americas. The African kings from certain tribes would trade African people from tribes other than their own for manufactored goods from Europe. -
Nov 29, 1500
The Middle Passage
The Middle Passage was a route taken by slave ship captains. This route took slaves from Africa to The New World. The Middle Passage was a feared term by native Africans. -
Mar 17, 1502
New World
The first slaves to arrive as part of a labor force appeared in 1502 on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). Cuba received its first four slaves in 1513. Jamaica received its first shipment of 4000 slaves in 1518. Slave exports to Honduras and Guatemala started in 1526. The first enslaved Africans to reach what would become the US arrived in January 1526 as part of a Spanish attempt at colonizing South Carolina near Jamestown. -
Impact of the Slave trade
The enormous destruction of human life caused by the Transatlantic Slave Trade is extremely difficult to quantify. The economic, social and psychological damage caused to African societies makes the Transatlantic Slave Trade one of the greatest crimes against humanity. It removed Africa’s young and healthy workforce, destroyed agriculture and industry and increased political and military conflict among African states which was largely encouraged by European traders as a way of obtaining slaves. -
Abilition
The Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade formed in 1787 was formed by a group of Evangelical English Protestants allied with Quakers to unite in their shared opposition to slavery and the slave trade. On 22 February 1807, twenty years after he first began his crusade, Wilberforce and his team were rewarded with victory. By an overwhelming 283 votes for to 16 against, the motion to abolish the Atlantic slave trade was carried in the House of Commons. -
United States Bans Slave Trade
in 1808, the USA outlawed the transport of slaves between countries. Other countries followed this trend. But even after most of the larger countries had banned the trading of slaves, there was still a huge amount of small ships transporting slaves from Africa to The Americas. -
Brazil Bans Slave Trade
When Brazil outlawed slave trade, it was the final straw that stopped slave trade. During that time, Brazil was the largest sugar producer and had enslaved many people. -
The Amistad
In July of 1839, a ship called La Amistad was transporting Africans to the America's to be sold into salvery. The Africans took over the ship and lead a mutiny. When they arrived in America, they were tried. They ended up being sent back to their native land.
