1483: Portuguese fleet initiated commercial relations with the kingdom of Kongo. In Europe, African slaves worked as miners or domestic servants.
Impact of Slavery Timeline (1500-1800)
Timeline
1518: African slaves were first shipped to the Caribbean, where they worked on sugar plantations.
1520s: The Spanish introduced slaves to Mexico.
Mid 1500s: American crops arrived in Africa aboard Portuguese ships.
1591: The Songhay Empire ended.
1652: Dutch mariners built a trading post at Cape Town
1665: The Portuguese defeated the Kongo empire.
1680- 1800s: Fulani led a series of military campaigns to establish Islamic states and impose their own brand of Islam in West Africa.
1700: Large numbers of Dutch colonist had begun to arrive in South Africa.
1704: The Antonian Movement which was a syncretic movement that believed Christian beliefs by saying African people were the people of god and Africa was the promise land. led by Dona Beatriz
1780s: Slave arrivals averaged 88,000 per year.
Late 1700s: Women made up more than 2/3 of the Coastal African Population since men were preferred over women for slaves.
1831: Slave Revolts begin to take place. Historical figures such as Nat Turner led the way.
1833: Emancipation
1867: The last documented ship that carried slaves across the Atlantic arrived in Cuba.
Impact
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