Transatlantic slave trade to the Caribbean (c.1502–1807)

1. Africans enslaved in early Spanish Caribbean

   Jan 1, 1502Labels: Spanish Caribbean, Hispaniola

   • Britannica

2. First Spanish asiento contract for enslaved Africans

   Jan 1, 1517Labels: Asiento de, Spanish Crown

   • Britannica

3. Charles I grants major slave-import license

   Aug 1, 1518Labels: Charles I, Spanish license

   • Asiento Britannica
   • Asiento Wiki

4. Dutch seize Elmina, reshaping slave-trade routes

   Aug 1, 1637Labels: Elmina Castle, Dutch West

   • Britannica
   • Wiki

5. Barbados Sugar Revolution expands slave labor

   Jan 1, 1640Labels: Barbados, Sugar Revolution

   • Britannica
   • UNESCO

6. Barbados enacts comprehensive slave code

   Sep 24, 1661Labels: Barbados Slave, Barbadian legislature

   • UNB Laws
   • Wiki

7. Royal African Company chartered to supply English colonies

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Royal African, England

   • Britannica
   • Nat Archives

8. Treaty of Utrecht grants Britain key asiento rights

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Treaty of, Britain

   • Britannica
   • Wiki

9. South Sea Company begins large-scale asiento operations

   Jul 1, 1713Labels: South Sea, British asiento

   • Britannica
   • Wiki

10. Slave revolt in Saint-Domingue begins Haitian Revolution

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

    • Wiki
    • TIME

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

    Feb 4, 1794Labels: French National, Abolition decree

    • Law 1794

12. Britain passes Slave Trade Act, ending legal trade

    Mar 25, 1807Labels: British Parliament, Slave Trade

    • UK Parliament
    • Hansard