البرتغال و دورها في تجارة الرقيق و امتداده إلى قيام مستعمراتها في إفريقيا

Abstract EN

Slavery and the slave trade are among the worst violations of human rights in the history of mankind.

the transatlantic slave trade was unique in the history of slavery due to its long duration (four hundred years) and its size approaching17 million people, excluding those who died during their transportation, with the addition of to the legitimacy contained in the laws of that period, and the Portuguese began their first order in this trade in the second half of the fifteenth century, with the aim of obtaining what was necessary for their ships to reach the far east, then the matter developed into the establishment of commercial centers along the west African coast, and then they became centers for fishing the Africans, this trade that gained popularity in Europe and Portugal in particular, and the development of the matter from traditional aspects was dependent on what was secured by the African tribal leaders loyal to them and their agents in the coasts in exchange for goods and commodities.

purpose and obtained monopolies, which made this trade more hideous, especially as it was entrusted to merchants who were only interested in profit, and it was not satisfied with the slaves brought from the coasts, but rather they penetrated to the interior in search of money slaves in Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Sao tome island, Benin, and then trade moved to trade to the rest of the European countries and this trade became a field for competition between them to obtain profit and labor.