SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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That they should make all Africans their servents
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That they should try to spread Christianity to all Africans
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That they should enslave all Africans
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That they should enslave all non-religious people they encounter
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bull, issued in January 1455, endorsed Portuguese possession of Ceuta (which they already held) and the exclusive right to trade, navigation, and fishing in the discovered lands. It provided an exemption from a canon law prohibition on trading with infidels.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 22 December 1741, Pope Benedict XIV promulgated the papal bull “Immensa Pastorum Principis” against the enslavement of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and other countries. Pope Gregory XVI in his bull In supremo apostolatus (issued in 1839) also condemned slavery as contrary to human dignity.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nicholas V, original name Tommaso Parentucelli, (born November 15, 1397, Sarzana, Republic of Genoa [Italy]-died March 24, 1455, Rome), influential Renaissance pope (reigned 1447–55) and founder of the Vatican Library.