The chronology of Slave Trade - Page 2

PAGE 2 - The Chronology of Slave Trade and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Slave Auction in USA

1777 Constitution of Vermont prohibits slavery.
1780 Pennsylvania adopts policy of gradual emancipation.
1784 Rhode Island and Connecticut pass gradual emancipation.
1787 Foundation of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
1789 French Revolution.
1791 Haitian Revolution. Results in foundation of Haitian Republic,1804.
1792—1815 Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Disruption throughout Atlantic empires.
1794 French National Convention emancipates all slaves in French colonies. Repealed by Napoleon in 1804.
1795—96 Second Maroon War, Jamaica.
1795—97 Fedon’s rebellion, Grenada.
1799 New York state passes gradual emancipation.
1800 Gabriel Prosser’s revolt, Virginia.
1800 US citizens banned from exporting slaves. (not from importing!)
1802 Denmark abolishes slave trade
1804 Haitian independence.
1804 New Jersey passes gradual emancipation.
1807 British and Americans outlaw slave trade.
1812 Britain abolishes slave trade
1813 Gradual emancipation adopted in Argentina.

After the lave trade was abolished by Britain, existing and born slaves became more expensive in USA. But only in 1865, slavery was abolished in USA!

1814 Gradual emancipation adopted in Colombia.
1815 Congress of Vienna. British begin diplomatic campaign to outlaw slave trade.
1816 Bussa’s rebellion, Barbados.
1819 British establish Royal Navy anti-slave trade squadron off West Africa.
1822 Denmark Vesey’s revolt, South Carolina.
1823 Slave rebellion, Demerara (Guyana).
1823 Slavery abolished in Chile.
1823 Foundation of Anti-Slavery Committee, London.
1825 Amistad seized off Long Island.
1829 Slavery abolished in Mexico.
1831 Slavery abolished in Bolivia.
1831 Nat Turner’s revolt, Virginia.

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