Created | Updated Feb 1, 2005
In October 1595, Sir John Hawkins of Deptford, England, backed with the support of Queen Elizabeth 1, captured 300 Africans in Sierra Leone to sell to Spanish settlers in the Caribbean, which lead to a flourishing trade.
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