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. .
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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. Hope it helps.
In 1498,portugual was the first European country which reached to India.
The Dutch immigrants arrived at the southern trip of the contiment. They built CApe Town, the first permanent European settlement in Africa.
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Portugal was the first European country to set up a colony in Africa. Portugal landed on Africa's Gold Coast in 1471 and built the Castle of Elmina, becoming the first European settlement.
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The Dutch were one of the very first countries to start to colonize Africa
Portugal was the first country to sail eastward. Vasco da Gama was the first to sail around Africa and discover India
It was claimed by a mixture of European countries, but France had the largest claim.
Many European nations colonized west Africa. Most notably it was the French who made most of west Africa under them until last half of 20th century. Algeria, Chad, Niger etc were all colonized by them.
Portuguese http://library.thinkquest.org/13406/ta/2.htm Actually, they asked for the first country which would be Portugal