An Overview of the Masterpieces of Western Civilization (10); Portuguese Colonizers, the First Slave Traders مقاله

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A Significant Share in the Global Slave Trade In 1482, "Diogo Cão," one of the Portuguese navigators, discovered the land of Angola for Europeans. It was after that that Angola began commercial relations with India and the Far East, and also later became a center for selling slaves to Portuguese colonies in Brazil; and for this reason is it that today most Brazilian Black people have Angolan origins. After World War II, with the onset of liberation movements on the African continent, the suppression of the Angolan movement by the Portuguese faced failure, and finally, in April 1974, Portugal was forced to grant independence to this country, and the following year, the President of Portugal "Francisco de Costa" accepted Angola's independence. When the Portuguese began trade on the West Coast of Africa in the 15th century, they focused their attention on Guinea and Angola. From the 15th to the 19th centuries, a series of commercial centers and military forts were created for the collection and export of captives and slaves along the entire length of the West African coast, from Senegal to Angola. The major slave markets were the Gulf of Guinea, West and East Africa, and the tropics; while the Bight of Benin and parts of the Gold Coast coastline, Congo, Angola, and some other areas were considered slave export regions. When they established the Brazil Company in 1532, they initially used brazilwood and then created sugarcane plantations; since there did not seem to be enough labor for this exploitation, they began importing slaves from Africa in 1538.