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The Portuguese were the first to embark upon the slave trade starting around 1562. The practice of slavery grew to exponential proportions from 1646 up until 1790. An estimated 8 to 15 million Africans reached the Americas from the 16th through the 19th century. Slave labour supplied the most coveted and important items in Atlantic and European commerce: the sugar, coffee, cotton and cacao of the Caribbean; the tobacco, rice and indigo of North America; the gold and sugar of Portuguese and Spanish South America.

DATE	EVENT
1503	Spanish slave trade inaugurated to HISPANIOLA
1522	Slave revolt on HISPANIOLA
1526	First slaves imported to CUBA
1527	Slave revolt on PUERTO RICO
1532	Spain banned the importation of new Negro slaves from certain African regions
1733	Slave revolt on ST.JOHN, DANISH WEST INDIES
1789	Slaves fight for emancipation on MARTINIQUE
1791	Slave uprising on HAITI
1792	Denmark ends their involvement in the slave trade and abolishes slavery
1802	Slavery restored in GUADELOUPE Denmark first European nation to end its participation in the slave trade. Treaty of Amines. Spain cedes TRINIDAD to the British, who imports large numbers of African slaves to work in the sugar cane fields.
1816	"Sugar Rebellion" in BARBADOS, 123 slaves exiled to SIERRA LEONE
1832	Slavery abolished in ST.VINCENT 7 THE GRENADINES
1833	JAMAICA declares emancipation for slaves
1832	Slavery abolished in ST.VINCENT 7 THE GRENADINES
1833	JAMAICA declares emancipation for slaves
1840 --1848	Madeirans, British, Scots, Irish, French, German and Swiss European immigrants , and free West Africans flock to TRINIDAD, to work in the sugar cane fields
1841	Americans from Baltimore and Pennsylvania come to TRINIDAD to work
1845	May 30, first indentured Indian laborers arrived TRINIDAD, by 1917 -- 141,615 arrive for the period of 5 years indenture
1847	A royal Danish decree provides all slaves would be free after 1859, in the DANISH WEST INDIES
1848	Slavery abolished by the French Slave revolt on St. Croix
1849	First Chinese indentured servants arrive in TRINIDAD
1860's	By 1864 as many as 1,700 immigrants arrive in the Virgin Islands from Barbados and St. Eustatius
1863	Slavery abolished in the Dutch West Indies
1866	Chinese immigration ends in TRINIDAD.

Articles
	Slavery in the Caribbean
Thematic Links
	A high price in human lives was paid for French wealth from the Caribbean Describes the existence of slavery in the French Caribbean http://www.uah.edu/News/2000rr/french.html
	A Chronology of Slavery African Reparations Movement presents a time-line of events related to slavery in the Caribbean. Learn when European countries abolished slavery. www.arm.arc.co.uk/CronOfSlavery.html
	The Electronic Passport to Slavery in the Caribbean An estimated 8 to 15 million Africans were captured and forced to travel to America to become slaves. Learn their story in the Electronic Passport at www.mrdowling.com. www.mrdowling.com/710-slavery.html
	Slavery and the Caribbean Slavery and the Caribbean This page last revised 13 May 1997 Europeans came into contact with the Caribbean after Columbus's momentous journeys in 1492, 1496 and 1498. The desire for expansion and trade led to the settlement of the colonies. www.qub.ac.uk/english/imperial/carib/slavery.htm
	The Middle Passage History Middle Passage History Time line While there was slavery throughout World History, never has it reached such an epic proportion as during the Middle Passage/ transatlantic slave trade. At this time, no one knows exactly how many Africans died at sea www.tmpf.org/history.htm
Syllabus Conections to this Theme
	Secondary Attainment Targets Level 2
Lesson Plans on this Theme
	Slave Women of African Descent in Brazil, Haiti and Jamaica This unit will be divided into two parts. The first will encourage students to construct a history of women of African slave decent in the countries of Brazil, Haiti, and Jamaica. Secondly, they will write a paper in which they defend the data they have developed. http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/plans/search/retrieve.php3?ID[0]=481
	Africans in Haiti, Jamaica and Brazil Through a series of stories, journal entries, role playing and interpreting previous events in history, students will be given the chance to learn how the African arrived in Haiti, Jamaica and Brazil. http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/plans/search/retrieve.php3?ID[0]=458
	The Atlantic Slave Trade: Demographic Simulation An on-line simulation to demonstrate the impact of the slave trade on the size and structure of population on the African continent and in the diaspora. http://www.whc.neu.edu/afrintro.htm