Portuguese Involvement in The African Slave Trade
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Updated: 22 Nov 2019
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Created byJoshua Nash
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Portuguese enslave Africans from the Barbary CoastPortugal obtains papal permission to continue the slave trade, as long as the slaves are converted to CatholicismHenry the Navigator lands a slave ship in LagosSlaves are promised freedom for military service during Portuguese Succession CrisisSlavery is abolished in PortugalFirst Portuguese slave fort built in modern-day GhanaFirst encounter with the Kingdom of KongoLuanda Island established as a trade portPeriods
Approximately 10,000 African slaves arrive annually in Portugal150,000 slaves sent to Brazil
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