1867: The transatlantic slave trade to Cuba finally came to an end following decades of intense diplomatic and naval pressure from Great Britain, the United …

1867: The transatlantic slave trade to Cuba finally came to an end following decades of intense diplomatic and naval pressure from Great Britain, the United States, and Spain. This cessation marked the ultimate closure of the entire transatlantic slaving system that had persisted for over three and a half centuries. The final suppression of the Cuban traffic was achieved through a combination of international treaties and a shift in local enforcement by the island’s authorities. With this end, the coerced migration that had forcibly transported over ten million Africans to the New World was finally terminated.