Events
Pope Nicholas V gives Portugal permission to enslave W. African pagans.Pope Nick strikes again and causes the slave trade to enter the interior of Africa.Almina Castle becomes a primary holding cell for slaves and gold waiting
in Ghana for trade (Barracoons).The Zong: illustrates the horrors of the Middle Passage and chattel slavery.Bacon's Rebellion:
Slave response to
governmental/social
racism in the British
colonies.First Maroon Wars:Failed attempt by the Brits to enslave runaways.Demonstrates the rebellious power of slaves.Stono Rebellion: example of the ability of slaves to rise against the horrors inflicted upon them.Beginning of the Efuru Cult:
example of how Africans
combatted the slavers in the
African interior.Murad I founds the janissary
corps in the Ottoman Empire.
Christian slaves given
opportunity to move up social
scale.Osman begins the
Ottoman Empire in
Anatolia.The Auspicious Incident: janissary barracks destroyed to control them under Mahmud II.
Modernization of Ottoman Empire.La Malinche
gifted to
CortésLa Malinche diesTenochtitlán falls; Mexico City and the Spanish Empire beginsIncan ruler Atahualpa is killed by conquistadors. Empire falls.Florentine Codex published: gives Europeans insightinto the lives of American nativesJohn Cabot attempts to find NW Passage: begins wealthy cod trade for EnglandDutch East India Company begins: imperialism of Spice Islands; land and sea dominationBritish East India Company begins: sets up in India since Netherlands control the islands95 Theses: symbolic beginning of Reformation, specifically LutheranismMatteo Ricci arrives in China:
start of Jesuit/Western influence
in ChinaAddison Pratt: begins Mormon religious imperialism in the PacificJamaica is the primary exporter of sugar.Lady Anna of Bedford begins afternoon tea thereby cementing in British culture the reason for exploiting Eastern trade resources.Bussa's Revolt: response to British slave trade ending without actually freeing the slavesBritish abolish slavery in the EmpireNapoleon begins to reinstate French slavery in the coloniesPeriods
Songhai Kingdom: Had slaves known as the arbi who could rise through social ranks in positions like artisans or soldiers. This slavery predates "modern" chattel slavery.Indian Ocean Trade:
Dominated by Muslim spice trade.
Early plantation slavery in Africa.Trans-Atlantic Trade: Brings African slaves to the Americas and raw goods to Europe; start of chattel slavery.Racial slavery begins in the Americas:
Virginia's laws to limit the rights of
blacks/slaves in the colony.Reign of Murad II:
founded devshirme
system of gaining slaves.
Tribute to the sultan
that supported janissaries.Mughal EmpireBritish East India CompanyHaitian Revolution: response to French Revolution and the lack of freedom for all in the French Empire.Enlightenment: a revolution in thought focussed on the recognition of natural law and rights of humans; philosophes.American
RevolutionFrench RevolutionHaitian Revolution
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