I guess I was shocked because I've heard some say that they found their ancestor was a slave. And yes, I was thinking if the Americas. Don't know why I was do shocked really. Life is..
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 26, 2015, at 7:23 AM, João Ventura <[email protected]> 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 > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
