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jan 1, 1486 - the sugar-slave complex that had been initiated in Madeira.

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Portuguese settle the West African island of São Tomé. This uninhabited West African island is planted with sugar and populated by African slaves by the Portuguese. The settlement thus extended and developed the sugar-slave complex that had been initiated in Madeira.

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jan 1, 1486
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~ 540 years ago