Enslaved Africans sold at Lagos
1444 · Event
Captives taken on the West African coast are sold at Lagos in Portugal — an early, well-documented step in the Portuguese slave trade that grew into the Atlantic system.
On these timelines: Slavery & Abolition, Master, Sub-Saharan Africa, Age of Exploration
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