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jan 1, 1452 - Start of the 'sugar-slave complex'

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Start of the 'sugar-slave complex'. Sugar is first planted in the Portuguese island of Madeira and, for the first time, African slaves are put to work on the sugar plantations.

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jan 1, 1452
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~ 574 years ago