Atlantic Slave Trade from West and Central Africa (1500–1850)

1. Portuguese island colonies expand slave labor

   Jan 1, 1480Labels: Portuguese colonies, Atlantic islands

   • Britannica

2. European colonization increases demand for enslaved labor

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: Spain, Portugal

   • Britannica

3. Spanish asiento system begins to supply colonies

   Jan 1, 1517Labels: Spanish Crown, Asiento system

   • Britannica

4. Dutch capture Elmina, a major coastal slaving fortress

   Aug 29, 1637Labels: Elmina Castle, Dutch West

   • Britannica
   • Battle Elmina

5. Royal African Company chartered for English slave trading

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, England

   • Britannica
   • PBS AIA

6. English monopoly ends, expanding private slave-trading voyages

   Jul 5, 1698Labels: English Parliament, Private merchants

   • PBS AIA
   • Trade Act

7. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain the Spanish asiento

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Treaty of, South Sea

   • Britannica
   • Britannica

8. Transatlantic trafficking reaches its late-1700s peak

   Jan 1, 1780Labels: Transatlantic trade, Caribbean plantations

   • Britannica

9. Haitian Revolution begins, challenging plantation slavery

   Jan 1, 1791Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-Domingue

   • Britannica

10. Haiti declares independence after defeating French forces

    Jan 1, 1804Labels: Haiti, Independence 1804

    • Britannica

11. Britain abolishes its slave trade by law

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: Britain, Slave Trade

    • Slave Act

12. U.S. bans slave imports; West Africa Squadron forms

    Jan 1, 1808Labels: United States, West Africa

    • Congress gov
    • Britannica

13. Brazil criminalizes the Atlantic slave trade

    Sep 4, 1850Labels: Brazil, Eus bio

    • Britannica
    • Palmares