I meant colonies in the Americas instead of Africa. On Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:23:56 UTC+1, João Ventura wrote: > > Liz, > > No, we were not. Or yes we were. Depends on how you want to look at it.. > Way before the Portuguese, the Romans were known for capturing slaves in > (North) Africa and shipping them over to Rome and other regions of the > Empire. So we (the Portuguese) weren't the first ones to do so. > > HOWEVER, if you want to drill down and say that the Portuguese were the > first ones to capture and transport slaves from Africa to the Americas (and > Europe), then yes we were. Of course... By the Treaty of Tordesillas, we > had control of all access to Africa by the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. And > we were also the only ones at that time (together with Spain) to have > colonies in Africa. > > One major point of History, though... The Portuguese didn't capture the > slaves themselves, we just built a few fortresses where tribal chiefs > delivered slaves in exchange for whatever they deemed valuable (gold, > trinkets, etc.). It was only until much later, that we actually grew the > colonies inland. That was when the English and others started to draw > borders in the map, and it looked like we would be left with the original > fortresses. > > João Ventura > https://tombo.pt/en > > On Wednesday, 25 February 2015 23:14:25 UTC+1, Lizmig wrote: >> >> Interesting info. >> Just watched a program on History channel called "Mankind The story of >> all of us" >> One point was a bit shocking (to me anyway) It showed how the >> Portuguese were the first ones to capture and transport slaves from Africa. >> >> Great show otherwise. >> >> Liz >> >
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