British West Indies and the transatlantic slave trade (1660–1807)

1. Navigation Act reorganizes English colonial trade

   Jan 1, 1660Labels: Navigation Acts, English Parliament

   • Britannica
   • NCpedia

2. Barbados passes a comprehensive slave code

   Jan 1, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, Barbados

   • UNB Laws
   • SlaveryLawPower

3. Royal charter expands the Royal African Company

   Jan 1, 1663Labels: Royal African, Company of

   • RAC Overview
   • TNA Series

4. Parliament ends the company monopoly on Africa trade

   Jul 5, 1698Labels: Trade with, English merchants

   • British History
   • Trade Act

5. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain the Asiento

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Asiento, Treaty of

   • NYPL
   • Asiento

6. Molasses Act protects British West Indies sugar interests

   May 17, 1733Labels: Molasses Act, British West

   • Britannica
   • Molasses Act

7. Tacky's Revolt challenges slavery in Jamaica

   Apr 7, 1760Labels: Tacky s, Jamaica

   • Tacky s Revolt
   • New Yorker

8. Somerset decision limits forced removal from England

   Jun 22, 1772Labels: Somerset v, King s

   • English Heritage
   • Somerset Case

9. Zong massacre becomes a public abolitionist scandal

   Nov 29, 1781Labels: Zong massacre, British slave

   • Britannica
   • Guardian

10. British abolition society forms and coordinates national campaign

    May 22, 1787Labels: Society for, British abolitionists

    • Abolition Society

11. Dolben’s Act begins regulating British slave ships

    Jul 11, 1788Labels: Dolben s, Slave Trade

    • Dolben s Act
    • Abolition Society

12. Haitian Revolution begins, reshaping Atlantic slavery politics

    Aug 21, 1791Labels: Haitian Revolution, Saint-Domingue

    • Britannica
    • 1791 Revolt

13. Foreign Slave Trade Act restricts British slaving for foreign powers

    May 23, 1806Labels: Foreign Slave, British Parliament

    • UK Acts 1806
    • Parliament List

14. Slave Trade Act abolishes British participation in Atlantic slave trading

    May 1, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, British Empire

    • Slave Trade Act
    • UK Parliament