The slaves began to work.
The Portuguese.
Portuguese
Prince Henry played a significant role in advancing Portuguese exploration and maritime discoveries, including promoting the exploration of the West African coast. While he did not personally participate in the slave trade, his support for expeditions contributed to the development of trade networks that would later be used for the transatlantic slave trade.
What is the 3 main countries who were involved in the slave trade?
Brazil
Portuguese.
The first country to use African people as slaves were the Portuguese. In 1441, two Captains of Portuguese ships, names unknown, took 12 slaves from Africa and brought them back to Portugal as slaves. Other countries followed such as Britain, Spain, Netherlands and France. .
The Portuguese benefited from the slave trade by acquiring slaves to work on plantations, mines, and households in their colonies, which helped to boost their economy and enrich Portuguese traders and merchants. The slave trade also provided a cheap source of labor that was crucial for the development of their overseas colonies in Africa, Brazil, and other parts of the world. Additionally, the slave trade contributed to the growth of Portuguese ports and cities as key hubs for the trafficking of enslaved people.
England was the first to be involved with the slave trade
No, the Dutch did not the Portuguese and Spanish were the first to start slave trade in the Americas, but soon after the dutch followed. Also slavery is the worlds oldest trade, historians are not exactly sure when it started in the prehistoric world because no paintings, pictures, and written evidence have been found.
The portuguese slave trade
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