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Portuguese Involvement in The African Slave Trade
Created by
Joshua Nash
⟶ Updated 22 Nov 2019 ⟶
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Events
Portuguese enslave Africans from the Barbary Coast
Portugal obtains papal permission to continue the slave trade, as long as the slaves are converted to Catholicism
Henry the Navigator lands a slave ship in Lagos
Slaves are promised freedom for military service during Portuguese Succession Crisis
Slavery is abolished in Portugal
First Portuguese slave fort built in modern-day Ghana
First encounter with the Kingdom of Kongo
Luanda Island established as a trade port
Periods
Approximately 10,000 African slaves arrive annually in Portugal
150,000 slaves sent to Brazil