The Original Story

Brazil a country filled with the bulk of history when it comes to the transatlantic slave trade. In 1444 an auction occurred in Lagos, Portugal where people of African descent were sold.This then resulted in Ghana being a permanent trading sight for slaves. After, being sold and traded in Ghana and Portugal, the slaves were then shipped to the Spanish colonies. As a result there were more direct shipments of slaves from Africa to the Americas in 1518. The majority of slaves were used for production of sugar being that there was a huge supply of sugarCane. Slaves from Africa were known to be stronger, which resulted in a higher demand of slaves within Brazil.In the 1780’s the transatlantic slave trade gained a big uproar , due to the fact that there was a higher demand for crops and goods within each country. Once the slave trade hit its peak, the trade eventually died off. Although the trade “stopped” slaves were still being imported illegally from Africa to the West Indies, the Americas, and the Spanish countries.  Denmark then bans imports from those belonging to West Indies. in 1808 the slave trade was completely banned. In 1833, the British passed the abolition act that ordered the stop of all slave act within the British colonies ,this includes the transportation of all slaves. In 1819 the Portuguese also abolished slavery. The French and Brazil abolished slavery and trading through the years of 1848-1851. Following France and Brazil, Portugal then abolished slavery in its colonies in 1858, 7 years before the French. During 1861, the Netherlands abolished slavery in the Caribbean colonies and the Proclamation of Emancipation took effect in 1862 on January 1^st . After that the 13^th amendment took effect in 1863 as a result of Abraham Lincoln creating this law .Cuba and Brazil finally abolished slavery in 1886-1888 which caused a significant drop in the number of crop production within the number of slave trade spots and routes.