Montevideo's role as a commercial center is…

1684 CE to 1827 CE

Montevideo's role as a commercial center is bolstered when salted beef begins to be used to feed ship crews and later slaves in Cuba.

The city's commercial activity is expanded by the introduction of the slave trade to the southern part of the continent because  Montevideo is a major port of entry for enslaved Africans.

Thousands of enslaved Africans are brought into Uruguay between the mid-eighteenth and the early nineteenth century, but the number is relatively low because the major economic activity—livestock raising—is not labor intensive and because labor requirements are met by increasing immigration from Europe.

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Montevideo Montevideo Uruguay View →

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Hernandarias (Hernando Arias d Saavedra) View →

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Charrúa View → Tupi people (Amerind tribe) View → Bohán View → Chaná View → Yaro people View → Portuguese people View → Guaraní (Amerind tribe) View → English people View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Canary Islanders View → Brazil, Colonial View → Río de la Plata, Governorate of the View → Río de la Plata, Viceroyalty of View →

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Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View →

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Hides and feathers View → Domestic animals View → Slaves View → Salt View →

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Commerce View → Government View →

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