Atlantic Slave Trade, Capital Formation, and British Finance (1650-1807)

1. Navigation Act tightens England’s trade controls

   Oct 9, 1651Labels: Navigation Act, English maritime

   • UK Parliament
   • Britannica

2. Restoration Navigation Act expands colonial shipping rules

   Sep 13, 1660Labels: Navigation Act, Colonial shipping

   • Britannica
   • UK Parliament

3. Staple Act requires European goods via England

   Jul 27, 1663Labels: Staple Act, Re-export trade

   • UK Parliament
   • Britannica

4. Royal African Company chartered for West African trade

   Sep 27, 1672Labels: Royal African, Charles II

   • Nat Archives
   • Britannica

5. Bank of England founded to fund wartime state

   Jul 27, 1694Labels: Bank of, War finance

   • Bank of England
   • Britannica

6. Trade with Africa Act opens slaving trade to competitors

   Jul 5, 1698Labels: Trade with, Slave traders

   • Brit Hist Online
   • Britannica

7. South Sea Company created as debt-management partnership

   Jan 1, 1711Labels: South Sea, Public-private finance

   • Parl Archives
   • Britannica

8. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain the Asiento contract

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Asiento Utrecht, Treaty of

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

9. South Sea Bubble links public debt, speculation, and empire

   Aug 1, 1720Labels: South Sea, Financial crisis

   • Britannica
   • Bank of England

10. Somerset decision undermines forced removal in England

    Jun 22, 1772Labels: Somerset v, English courts

    • English Heritage
    • Britannica

11. Abolition Society formed to end the slave trade

    May 22, 1787Labels: Abolition Society, Abolitionists

    • Britannica
    • BBC History

12. Dolben’s Act regulates overcrowding on slave ships

    Jul 11, 1788Labels: Dolben s, Slave ship

    • UK Parliament
    • UK Gov Legislation

13. Abolition Act ends British legal participation in slave trade

    May 1, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, Parliamentary abolition

    • UK Parliament
    • UK Gov Legislation