Events
Olaudah Equiano was born16th century English pirates begin trading slavesAmerican War of independence and Convict transportation to North America endsJames Watt invents a steam engineEli Whitney invents the 'cotton gin'The Dolben Act was established andcWilliam Wilberforce made his first speech against slavery in parliamentThe British Parliament abolished slavery in the empirePeriods
12 million Africans are taken as slaves to the AmericasHawksbury and Nepean WarsTreaty of Utrecht gives Britain 'Asiento'
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