The globalization of slavery begins as the…

1540 CE to 1551 CE

The globalization of slavery begins as the Spanish and Portuguese begin to purchase and transport captive Africans in great numbers to their new empires in the depopulated Americas, enslaving them and their posterity to the European-owned plantations of sugarcane and mines of gold and silver.

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Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of View → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of View → Brazil, Colonial View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Cuba (Spanish Colony) View → Guatemala, (Spanish Colony) View → Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire View → Nueva Galicia or El Nuevo Reino de Galicia (The New Kingdom of Galicia) View → New Spain, Viceroyalty of View → Panama, Royal Audencia of View → Peru, Viceroyalty of View → Brazil, Colonial View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Portuguese View → Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View →

Commodities
Strategic metals View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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