EOY-transatlantic slave trade timeline Flashcards
2020: Colston statue pulled down by Black Lives Matter protestors
1865: Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica
1895: Statue of Edward Colston erected in Bristol
1816: Bussa’s Rebellion in Barbados
1760: Tacky’s Revolt in Jamaica
1957: Ghana becomes independent
1619: first cargo of enslaved Africans taken to Jamestown
1562-9: John Hawkins became the first English slave trader
1440s: The Portuguese enslaved Africans for the first time
1502: The Portuguese took enslaved Africans to the Americas for the first time
1791-1804: Haitian Revolution
1730: The First Maroon War in Jamaica
1661: The Barbados Slave Code created
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1500 to 1600: Spain and Portugal Dominated
1787-1840: Abolition movement
1700 to 1807: Height of the British slave trade
1672: Royal African Company Founded. They had a monopoly until 1698
2022: Barbados becomes a Republic
1607-1655: English colonies formed in Jamestown (1607), Nevis (1620), Barbados (1625), and Jamaica (1655).
1807: Slave trade abolished in British colonies
1833: Slavery abolished. Slaveholders given compensation
1966: Barbados becomes independent
1440s
1440s: The Portuguese enslaved Africans for the first time
1502
1502: The Portuguese took enslaved Africans to the Americas for the first time
1500 to 1600:
Spain and Portugal Dominated
1562-9
1562-9: John Hawkins became the first English slave trader
1607-1655
1607-1655: English colonies formed in Jamestown (1607), Nevis (1620), Barbados (1625), and Jamaica (1655).
1661
1661: The Barbados Slave Code created
1672
1672: Royal African Company Founded. They had a monopoly until 1698
1700 to 1807
1700 to 1807: Height of the British slave trade
1730
1730: The First Maroon War in Jamaica
1760
1760: Tacky’s Revolt in Jamaica
1791-1804
1791-1804: Haitian Revolution
1787-1840
1787-1840: Abolition movement
1807
1807: Slave trade abolished in British colonies
1816
1816: Bussa’s Rebellion in Barbados
