British Caribbean colonies: plantation economy to emancipation (1624–1838)

1. English colony founded on St Kitts

   Jan 28, 1624Labels: St Kitts, Thomas Warner

   • Univ Bristol
   • Warner bio

2. English settlement begins in Barbados

   Feb 1, 1627Labels: Barbados, English settlers

   • CoC Chronology
   • TIME feature

3. English forces capture Jamaica from Spain

   May 19, 1655Labels: Jamaica, Anglo-Spanish War

   • Invasion Jamaica
   • Western Design

4. Barbados passes a comprehensive slave code

   Sep 27, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, Barbados

   • Slave Code
   • SLP site

5. Treaty of Madrid recognizes English Jamaica

   Jul 8, 1670Labels: Treaty of, England Spain

   • Treaty Madrid

6. Royal African Company chartered for slave trading

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, slave trade

   • RAC overview
   • MHS document

7. Peace treaties end Jamaica’s First Maroon War

   Jan 1, 1739Labels: First Maroon, Jamaica Maroons

   • First Maroon War
   • Jamaica Observer

8. Somerset case limits slavery in England

   Jun 22, 1772Labels: Somerset v, English courts

   • English Heritage
   • Somerset case

9. Zong massacre fuels abolitionist outrage

   Nov 29, 1781Labels: Zong massacre, slave ship

   • Britannica
   • Guardian explainer

10. Britain abolishes the transatlantic slave trade

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British Parliament

    • UK Parliament
    • 1807 Act

11. Baptist War shakes Jamaica’s plantation system

    Dec 25, 1831Labels: Baptist War, Jamaica

    • Baptist War
    • The Gazette

12. Slavery Abolition Act passed with compensation

    Aug 28, 1833Labels: Slavery Abolition, British government

    • National Archives
    • Britannica

13. Legal emancipation begins; apprenticeship imposed

    Aug 1, 1834Labels: Apprenticeship system, Emancipation 1834

    • Britannica
    • Slavery Act

14. Apprenticeship ends; full emancipation in British Caribbean

    Aug 1, 1838Labels: Full Emancipation, British Caribbean

    • National Archives
    • Slavery Act