Portugal begins the African slave trade
1444 · Event
The first cargo of enslaved Africans shipped directly to Europe is sold at Lagos in Portugal — the small beginning of the Atlantic system that would move twelve million people.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa, Age of Exploration
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