Portugal was first to draw a route for slavery.
It came right after fighting with the Muslims THRY wanted a place to do
business without having to fight.
LISBON wanted to open up a new trade route via the Atlantic Ocean. Prince
Henry the navigator was the leader.
He wanted to bypass the Muslims and wanted access to African Gold Coast
In 14th century they beat the Muslims and want to start a reign of conquest
(take over) he promise gold and riches so people followed
He started out with pirates and raiders
Caravels were the first type of ships that can weather storms.
Cape Hador and Cape Verde were the first areas in 1443
each mile covered they beat Muslims
Portugal will glorify these explorers even though they all are benefiting off of
the slave trade
LISBON was the richest city in Europe all off the benefits of slaves ahead of
France and Amsterdam
Portuguese would start with Setenia and Senegal with nets and arms.
1444-
Fisherman and regular civilians between Morocco and Setenia unloaded
in Lagos and sold to the highest bidders. They went out for gold and
came back with slaves
August 8th ,1444 - (event was recorded) the crews were unloaded they cried,
look sick, cried to the Gods
Splitting family’s up. Zoraha took record of this and they had to justify it by
saying there bringing civilization to the savages
Portugal Spain Italy and Sicily back lots of slaves history in the “negros well”
a place were ghettos were reserved for Africans.
1453-
they had to win the Christian’s clash
met a stalemate so they had to get slaves
Initially Muslims and Christian’s did not agree with slavery but they still did it
Religious motivation was root of most things
Pope Nicholas the 5th let things happen as revenge to Muslims and gave a
moral endorsement
Establishment of romanos portifax a legal statement for the enslavement of
Africa
Perpetual slavery- sentencing of Africa and justify slavery in the name of GOD
1455-
everybody copied there ships and started taking slaves
They came to the KINGDOM OF CONGO
1471-
they took over Sao tome’ it enabled them to watch Congo
When they got there they saw a kingdom and a king with no Muslim
background so there was no hostility
They were met as equals and the king of Congo converted to Christianity and
thanks to ALPHONSO the 1st (he welcomed missionaries from Portugal)
First time having a monopoly and Congo changes
Elmina sao tume Lunada! It was the experiment that was a model for America
Sugar was the original reasons why mass slaves started in São Tomé n sugar
cane.
Each year 4000 slaves arrived
became a model for the rest of the world
From SUGAR to COFFEE to COCOA
1500-
after Chris Columbus discovered the America’s Pedro Cabral opened up
a new sea route to the west but if they failed with the goods they knew
their competition would prevail with the sugar proxy
1516-
Pedro found Brazil but there was no gold, so they had to turn it into
farming and they needed slaves to cultivate
1516-
from São Tomé they came to Brazil (monopoly for slaves to Brazil)
The first Atlantic slave trade was established Kingdom of Congo, São Tomé
Brazil and Congo.
In Lisbon, both black people & white people both shared a language
+common goals. This helped them all grow rich
Elite black people converted there kids to Christianity. Kids attended Christian
schools and sat with Portuguese children. then they themselves became
predators
Lisbon history of slaves been forgotten cause the 1755 earthquake
They were confused on what happen to all them Africans
Luanda from 1590s on became the biggest part of Africans went to Brazil and
the equality was stopped with people from condo
They getting them one by one and started getting them by the boat load
Armed groups of slaves began setting up in the woods they wanted to create a
race with WHITE MEN AND BLACK WOMEN they wanted to put there
white values on the black kids “mastizos”
Interbreeding started with violence Sons of the land black slaves hunters slave
owners n former slaves KING ALPHONSO
They had a tragedy play to remind them of Africa
Guadalupe 500 to 1000 slaves were found in Guadeloupe
74% of slaves were taken because of sugar
Sugar is more addictive then cinnamon
John Hawkins convinced queen Liz to get him a ship and confirmed he will
bring her a bunch of money
Slave Route Notes
