Bordeaux merchants and the French triangular trade (1680–1793)

1. Bordeaux re-enters Atlantic trade after 1685

   Oct 18, 1685Labels: Bordeaux merchants, Edict of

   • Britannica

2. Bordeaux slave-trading voyages accelerate in late 1700s

   Jan 1, 1686Labels: Bordeaux port, Slave voyages

   • Bordeaux trade

3. French Guinea Company holds Spanish Asiento

   Jan 1, 1701Labels: Compagnie de, Spanish Asiento

   • Asiento

4. Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce is established

   May 26, 1705Labels: Bordeaux Chamber

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   • CCI Bordeaux

5. Treaty of Utrecht shifts Atlantic trade power

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Treaty of, British merchants

   • Asiento
   • South Sea

6. Place de la Bourse project links city and port

   Jan 1, 1730Labels: Place de, Garonne quays

   • Place Bourse

7. Palais de la Bourse is built for commerce

   Jan 1, 1742Labels: Palais de, Chamber of

   • Palais Bourse

8. Saint-Domingue coffee boom expands trade demand

   Jan 1, 1755Labels: Saint-Domingue, Coffee boom

   • Coffee boom

9. Treaty of Paris (1763) reshapes French empire trade

   Feb 10, 1763Labels: Treaty of, French colonies

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10. May 1791 decree grants limited rights in colonies

    May 15, 1791Labels: National Assembly, Free people

    • Free people

11. Slave uprising begins the Haitian Revolution

    Aug 22, 1791Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-Domingue

    • Haitian Rev

12. Bordeaux Chamber is abolished amid Revolution

    Sep 27, 1791Labels: Chamber of, French Revolution

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13. Sonthonax proclaims emancipation in Saint-Domingue

    Aug 29, 1793Labels: L ger-F, Emancipation decree

    • LOC

14. Bordeaux federalist revolt is suppressed

    Oct 1, 1793Labels: Bordeaux revolt, Girondins fall

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    • Britannica