1441 |
Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal sends a trading expedition to Africa. |
1444 |
235 African slaves, mainly from what is now Mauritania, land in Lagos, Portugal |
1447 |
Portuguese crew is killed by local people at Gorée: negotiated slave trading treaties with African rulers becomes the normal practice, rather than kidnapping
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1460 |
Sugar is cultivated by African slaves in Madeira (Portuguese island) and sold in England and Flanders |
1462 |
Pope Pius II declares that baptised Africans should not be enslaved |
1480 |
Spanish Queen of Castille recognises the Portuguese monopoly in slave trade with African coast. |
1481 |
Portuguese build the first slave fortress at Elmina (Ghana) |
1484 |
Portuguese build the first slave fortress at Elmina (Ghana) |
1486 |
Portuguese first visit 'the great city of Benin' (now in Nigeria) |
1492 |
Columbus's voyage to the 'New World', landing in the Bahamas |
1494 |
Columbus' 2nd voyage, landing in Jamaica |
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