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How Did the Portuguese Slave Trade Begin? - The Shift From Maritime Raiding to Commercial Slave Trading in West Africa | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the summer of 1444, two hundred and thirty-five captive Africans were paraded through a Portuguese port town before Prince Henry. This public event in Lagos marked a crucial turning point, establishing a model for an organized, state-sanctioned trafficking system that would eventually grow into a vast Atlantic catastrophe. This episode examines how early Portuguese expansion down the West African coast shifted from dangerous, sporadic maritime raiding into a structured commercial trade…
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