Barbados sugar “revolution” accelerates plantation economyJan 1, 1645Labels: Barbados, Sugar plantationsUNESCOWikipedia
Navigation Act reshapes English Atlantic shippingOct 9, 1651Labels: Navigation Act, EnglandBritannicaWikipedia
Restoration Navigation Act expands “enumerated” commoditiesJan 1, 1660Labels: Restoration Navigation, ParliamentBritannicaWikipedia
Barbados passes a comprehensive slave codeSep 27, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, BarbadosSlavery LawWikipedia
Staple Act channels colonial imports through EnglandJul 27, 1663Labels: Staple Act, EnglandBritannicaWikipedia
Royal African Company chartered for West Africa tradeJan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, West AfricaBritannicaBlackPast
Molasses Act protects British West Indies producersMay 17, 1733Labels: Molasses Act, British WestBritannicaWikipedia
War of Jenkins’ Ear disrupts British-Spanish tradeOct 1, 1739Labels: War of, BritainBritannicaBritannica
Britain occupies Guadeloupe during Seven Years’ WarJan 22, 1759Labels: Guadeloupe, Seven YearsBritannicaWikipedia
Sugar Act replaces Molasses Act with stricter enforcementApr 5, 1764Labels: Sugar Act, ParliamentBritannicaBritannica
Zong massacre and insurance case exposes trade brutalityNov 29, 1781Labels: Zong massacre, Gregson vWikipediaGuardian
Haitian Revolution begins, shaking plantation slaveryAug 23, 1791Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-DomingueBritannica
Britain abolishes its Atlantic slave tradeMar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, BritainUK ParliamentHansard