Transatlantic Slave Trade (c. 1500–1867)

1. Treaty of Tordesillas divides Atlantic empires

   Jun 7, 1494Labels: Treaty of, Spain, Portugal

   • Britannica

2. Portuguese sugar plantations expand on São Tomé

   Jan 1, 1500Labels: S o, Portuguese plantations, Sugar plantations

   • Guardian

3. John Hawkins launches early English slaving voyage

   Jan 1, 1562Labels: John Hawkins, English slaving, Spanish Caribbean

   • Britannica

4. Royal African Company receives English royal charter

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, England, West Africa

   • Nat Archives

5. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain the Asiento

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Treaty of, Asiento, Britain

   • Britannica
   • Asiento

6. Stono Rebellion prompts harsher slave controls

   Sep 9, 1739Labels: Stono Rebellion, South Carolina, Enslaved insurgents

   • SC Encyclopedia

7. Saint-Domingue uprising sparks the Haitian Revolution

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

   • Haiti Rev

8. France abolishes slavery in its colonies (1794 decree)

   Feb 4, 1794Labels: France, 1794 decree, French colonies

   • GMU Docs

9. United Kingdom outlaws its transatlantic slave trade

   Mar 25, 1807Labels: United Kingdom, Slave Trade, British Parliament

   • UK Parliament

10. United States bans slave importation (effective 1808)

    Jan 1, 1808Labels: United States, Importation Act, U S

    • Congress gov

11. Royal Navy forms West Africa Squadron to suppress trade

    Jan 1, 1808Labels: West Africa, Royal Navy, Naval patrols

    • West Africa Sq

12. Spain agrees to end slave trade by 1820 treaty

    Sep 23, 1817Labels: Spain, 1817 treaty, Great Britain

    • Treaty text

13. Brazil’s 1831 law bans slave imports but fails

    Nov 7, 1831Labels: Brazil, 1831 law, Slave imports

    • Lei Feij

14. Brazil passes Eusébio de Queirós Law to repress trade

    Sep 4, 1850Labels: Eus bio, Brazil, 1850

    • Britannica

15. Clotilda smuggling symbolizes the trade’s illegal afterlife

    Jul 9, 1860Labels: Clotilda, Africatown, Illegal smuggling

    • NatGeo

16. West Africa Squadron ends as transatlantic trade collapses

    Jan 1, 1867Labels: West Africa, British navy, 1867

    • West Africa Sq