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Atlantic triangular trade and the transatlantic slave economy (c. 1500-1865)

Atlantic triangular trade and the transatlantic slave economy (c. 1500-1865)

  1. Treaty of Tordesillas divides Atlantic spheres

    Labels: Spain, Portugal

  2. Spain authorizes first asiento slave contract

    Labels: Spanish Crown, Genoese firm

  3. Dutch West India Company chartered for Atlantic trade

    Labels: Dutch West

  4. Barbados shifts to sugar and plantation slavery

    Labels: Barbados, Sugar Revolution

  7. Britain gains asiento in Treaty of Utrecht

    Labels: Britain, Treaty of

  8. Stono Rebellion challenges slavery in South Carolina

    Labels: Stono Rebellion, South Carolina

  10. Haitian Revolution begins with August uprising

    Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-Domingue

  13. Royal Navy forms West Africa Squadron

    Labels: West Africa, Royal Navy

  14. Slavery Abolition Act ends slavery in most British Empire

    Labels: Slavery Abolition, British Empire

  15. U.S.–Britain treaty strengthens Atlantic suppression efforts

    Labels: Webster Ashburton, U S

  16. Emancipation Proclamation reframes U.S. war aims

    Labels: Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln

  17. Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery in the United States

    Labels: Thirteenth Amendment, United States