Peoples & MigrationThe 18th century

Peoples & Migration in the 18th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged peoples and migration — settlement, movement and displacement, narrowed to the 18th century — 11 of them, drawn from 11 nations, running from 1700 to 1792. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
11
Nations
11
Earliest
1700
Latest
1792
Africa
6
North America
3
Asia
1
Oceania
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Africa

    DR Congo

    Atlantic slave trade at its height

    Central African captives are funnelled in vast numbers into the transatlantic trade, hollowing out communities across the lower Congo.

    Era: The Slave Trades & the Scramble

    Sources: Kingdom of Kongo · Wikipedia, Congo Free State (1885–1908) · BlackPast.org

  2. Africa

    Gambia

    The Atlantic slave trade on the river

    James Island, with the villages of Juffure and Albreda, became a major slaving station; captives from the interior were held there before being shipped across the Atlantic, while England and France fought repeatedly for control of the river.

    Era: The river, European trade and the Atlantic slave trade

    Sources: Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Kunta Kinteh Island · Wikipedia, The Gambia (country overview and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. Asia

    Kuwait

    The Bani Utub settle the bay

    Clans of the Bani Utub, part of the Anizah confederation, migrated from the Arabian interior to the Gulf coast and founded the town of Kuwait around its sheltered bay.

    Era: The Founding of Kuwait and the Rise of the Al Sabah

    Sources: Sabah dynasty · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Persian Gulf States: Country Studies (Kuwait) · Library of Congress, Federal Research Division

  4. North America

    Belize

    Enslaved Africans imported for the timber trade

    From the early 1700s the Baymen imported enslaved Africans, many via Jamaica and Bermuda, to cut and haul logwood and then mahogany — the labour on which the settlement's forest economy rested.

    Era: The Baymen, the forest and the slaves

    Sources: History of Belize · Encyclopædia Britannica, Guyana and Belize: Country Studies (Federal Research Division) · Library of Congress

  5. Africa

    Ivory Coast

    The Baoulé migrate under Queen Abla Pokou

    By tradition, Queen Abla Pokou broke from the Asante after a succession struggle and led her people west across the Comoé River, founding the Baoulé kingdom around Sakasso — the largest people of modern Côte d'Ivoire.

    Era: The Akan migrations: Baoulé and Agni kingdoms

    Sources: Queen Pokou · Wikipedia, Baoulé people · Wikipedia, History of Ivory Coast · Wikipedia

  6. Africa

    Mauritius

    Maroons of Le Morne Brabant

    Escaped slaves take refuge on the isolated cliffs of Le Morne, later inscribed by UNESCO as a symbol of the struggle for freedom.

    Era: Isle de France: Sugar & Slavery

    Sources: Le Morne Cultural Landscape (World Heritage List) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Le Morne Brabant · Wikipedia

  7. Africa

    Seychelles

    First permanent settlement

    Colonists, enslaved Africans and Indians established the first lasting settlement near Mahé to begin spice cultivation.

    Era: The French Claim and First Settlers

    Sources: History of Seychelles · Wikipedia, Seychelles History — Timeline · SeyVillas Seychelles Travel Guide

  8. Oceania

    New Caledonia

    Cook names New Caledonia

    The British explorer James Cook landed at Balade on the east coast and named the territory New Caledonia after the classical name for Scotland, marking the first recorded European contact.

    Era: Cook, Sandalwood and Blackbirding

    Sources: New Caledonia — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, James Cook · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  9. North America

    Trinidad and Tobago

    The Cédula de Población

    King Charles III's Cédula de Población offered free land and tax breaks to Roman Catholic settlers, drawing French planters with their enslaved Africans and free coloureds and remaking Trinidad as a plantation society.

    Era: Spanish neglect and the Cédula de Población

    Sources: Trinidad and Tobago: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, T&T History Timeline · National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago

  10. North America

    Bahamas

    American Loyalists and enslaved Africans arrive

    Loyalist refugees from the new United States emigrated to the Bahamas after the American Revolution, bringing thousands of enslaved Africans and roughly trebling the colony's population.

    Era: Loyalists, slavery and emancipation

    Sources: The Bahamas — British colonization (History) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bahamas: Local History and Genealogy — Research Guide · Library of Congress

  11. Africa

    Sierra Leone

    Nova Scotian settlers found Freetown

    Some 1,100–1,200 Black settlers from Nova Scotia — African Americans who had sought freedom with the British in the American Revolution — landed and founded Freetown beneath the Lion Mountains.

    Era: The Province of Freedom and the founding of Freetown

    Sources: Freetown, Sierra Leone (1792– ) · BlackPast.org, Nova Scotian Settlers · Wikipedia