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17h 55min, may 2, 1650 y - Spain and Portugal Lead Slave Trade

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Portugal started the European slave trade with Africa. Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal sent a trading expedition to Africa, to explore the little known continent, in 1441. By 1444, a ‘cargo’ of 235 enslaved Africans had been brought to Lagos in Portugal.

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17h 55min, may 2, 1650 y
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~ 375 years ago

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