started(1430)
Portuguese went looking around Africa for gold and a route to the east.
1500
trade post set up in Ghana and became central flow of gold into Ghana.
moved to bigger settlements
Mozambique for gold
Angola for slaves( degradoros)
they also married African women and were very powerful( prazeros) until late 1800s
Atlantic slave trade
they were the first to trade slaves( and colonies)
Brazil biggest market for slaves
Angola biggest supplier of slaves.
Kongo( Congo) 2-3 million
leader Alfonso supplied slaves in exchange for goods and arms.
Impact of slave trade
lasted 400 years- 12 million people
Africa lost young strong men( Ghana, Nigeria and majority Angola)
slave trade
many slave raids, violence , terror and instability
broke up families
basis of racism
