Atlantic Triangular Trade: Europe–Africa–Americas (c.1502-1867)

1. First Spanish asiento license for slave imports

   Aug 1, 1518Labels: Asiento, Laurent de

   • Asiento

2. Portuguese colonization of Brazil begins

   Jan 1, 1530Labels: Portuguese Brazil, Sugar plantations

   • Macmillan

3. Triangular trade system takes recognizable form

   Jan 1, 1600Labels: Triangular trade, West Africa

   • Britannica

4. First documented Africans arrive in Virginia

   Aug 25, 1619Labels: Point Comfort, English colonies

   • NPS

5. Dutch West India Company expands slave-trade power

   Aug 29, 1637Labels: Elmina Castle, Dutch West

   • DigitalKormantin
   • Elmina

6. Royal African Company chartered in England

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, England

   • Britannica
   • NatArchives

7. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain the Asiento

   May 1, 1713Labels: Treaty of, Asiento de

   • Asiento
   • SouthSea

8. War of Jenkins’ Ear erupts amid trade tensions

   Oct 22, 1739Labels: War of, Britain Spain

   • JenkinsEar

9. French Convention abolishes slavery in colonies

   Feb 4, 1794Labels: French Convention, French colonies

   • CHNM
   • AbolitionDecree

10. United States bans importation of enslaved people

    Mar 2, 1807Labels: United States, Importation ban

    • CongressGov
    • ABTrust

11. Britain abolishes its transatlantic slave trade

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: British Parliament, Slave Trade

    • UKParliament

12. Britain forms West Africa Squadron to suppress trade

    Jan 1, 1808Labels: West Africa, Britain

    • WASquadron

13. Webster–Ashburton Treaty expands anti-slave-trade cooperation

    Aug 9, 1842Labels: Webster Ashburton, United States

    • Britannica

14. Aberdeen Act authorizes British seizures of Brazilian slavers

    Aug 9, 1845Labels: Aberdeen Act, British Parliament

    • AberdeenAct

15. Brazil’s Eusébio de Queirós Law outlaws trade

    Sep 4, 1850Labels: Eus bio, Brazil

    • Britannica
    • EusebioLaw

16. West Africa Squadron ends as Atlantic trade collapses

    Jan 1, 1867Labels: West Africa, Disbandment

    • WASquadron