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Portugal, which played an important role in both the beginning of the Atlantic Slave Trade as well as the Asian Slave Trade, always used slaves for economic reasons. They originally used slaves as a medium of trade.
For trade and warfare in an age without mechanical transport.
The spanish
they intiated the cultivation of west africa, which started the slave trade (transatlantic trade) (triangular trade) between w. africa, usa, and britain. it also brought a lot of religious ideas to them as well as guns for the first time
The first African slaves used by Europeans were used by the Portuguese, on the island of Sao Tome, to grow sugarcane. The Spanish were the first to use African slaves in the Americas (in the Caribbean), and the first English colony to use African slaves was Jamestown, Virginia (which was the first English colony in the New World). However, long before Europeans used African slaves, the Africans had slaves who were African!
Portuguese sailors largely followed Henry's order about slavery, as he encouraged the capture of slaves during expeditions to Africa. This directive contributed to the growth of the Portuguese slave trade and the establishment of a system of forced labor in their colonies.
Gold and slaves. portuguese created a fort , the main fort was El mina, which directed them into the gold producing regions of the interior. so that they could trade with the merchants. portuguese even traded slaves to africans for gold.
gold and slaves
gold and slaves . .
Portuguese colonizers used slaves for labor in various industries such as agriculture, mining, and domestic service. Slaves were also used in constructing buildings, roads, and fortifications in Portuguese colonies. Additionally, some slaves were used for the transatlantic slave trade.
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sailors - slaves would take over ship and kill all sailors! slavers - dying
The slaves began to work.
because of the slaves
Afonso I of Kongo sold enemies and prisoners of war as slaves to the Portuguese during the transatlantic slave trade in the 16th century.
The English sailors in their slave ships brought the slaves to the U,S.A.
They traded for gold and ivory and established trading posts. Portuguese began buying slaves there as well.