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The Portuguese Slave Trade: Empire, Commerce, and Human Cost
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore Portugal's role in the transatlantic slave trade, focusing on the 15th and 16th centuries. They discuss the capture of Africans by captains like Antão Gonçalves, the establishment of the feitoria in Arguim, and the progression from enslavement of Guanches and Berbers to Sub-Saharan Africans. The conversation covers the Casa da Índia's involvement, the cartaz system's extension to slave ships, and the numbers—over 150,000 enslaved people transported by the Portuguese before 1600. Lucas explains the shift from a secondary to a primary role…
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