The ‘crisis of adaptation’ at
the end of the Atlantic slave
trade
19
th
century abolition
•
1803 Danish abolition
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1807 British abolition
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1808 USA abolition
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1814 Dutch abolition
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1815 Portuguese abolition (N. of the equator)
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1815 Portuguese abolition (S. of the equator)
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1817 French abolition
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1818 Spanish abolition
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1831 Brazilian abolition
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Nearly 4,000,000 enslaved people taken from
Africa in the 19
th
century
Fluctuating exports of enslaved
people
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1807-1815: Decline
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1815-1840: Increase
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1840-1867: Decrease (small peak in late 1850s/early 1860s)
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1867: last trans-Atlantic slave voyage
Dahomey
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1727 Dahomey conquers Whydah (Ouidah)
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1797-1818 Reign of King Adandonzan
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War Party; Peace Party
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1818-1858 Reign of King Ghezo
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Felix da Souza – trader of Brazilian origin.
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- Fall '07
- GwynCampbell
- Atlantic Slave Trade, Atlantic Ocean
