Portugal monopolized the Atlantic slave trade until 1570

Evidence

It is undoubtedly the Portuguese era that marks the African ethnic influence in the new continent. It was the Portuguese who, by creating a vast network of traders, factors, and middlemen, and by profiting from the drop in the Indian population, achieved a market capable of absorbing such enormous quantities… . I believe that the Portuguese period was a special era for the slave trade, which was never repeated. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 561 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The 1444 Lagos auction inaugurated the systematic Atlantic slave trade — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4357; Medieval Mediterranean slavery foreshadowed Atlantic colonial slavery; Commodification of labor predated American slavery in Europe (+2 more)

Related

• The 1444 Lagos auction inaugurated the systematic Atlantic slave trade (similarity 0.87)
• The Portuguese era uniquely shaped African ethnic influence in the Americas (similarity 0.86)
• Portuguese expansion into Africa produced the historical category of the Negro (similarity 0.83)
• Portugal’s imperial role masks a web of supranational commercial interests shaping African labor exploitation (similarity 0.83)
• Medieval Mediterranean slavery foreshadowed Atlantic colonial slavery (similarity 0.82)
• For 300 years more Africans than Europeans crossed the Atlantic annually (similarity 0.81)
• Anglo-Portuguese bourgeois alliance shaped how the Atlantic slave trade developed (similarity 0.81)
• The Portuguese displaced resident Indian Ocean and African tradesmen (similarity 0.81)
• Italian capitalist networks enabled the Portuguese Empire and its slave trade (similarity 0.81)
• Anti-Muslim antagonism, not commerce alone, drove Portuguese Atlantic expansion (similarity 0.80)
• Pious and commercial motives fused in the Portuguese imperial venture (similarity 0.80)
• European demand overwhelmed Africa’s own slaving commerce from an early date (similarity 0.79)
• Medieval Mediterranean slavery provided the full model for Atlantic slavery (similarity 0.79)
• The slave trade destabilized African kingdoms as early as 1526 (similarity 0.79)
• The slave trade advanced European capitalism while underdeveloping Africa’s economies. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Medieval Mediterranean slavery foreshadowed Atlantic colonial slavery #expands (0.40)
• The Portuguese era uniquely shaped African ethnic influence in the Americas #expands (0.40) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 561
• Commodification of labor predated American slavery in Europe #expands (0.35)