SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
RISE OF THE SLAVE TRADE BLACK HISTORY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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America
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Brazil
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Europe
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Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -2 Sugar was becoming an article of general consumption in Europe, and Portugal controlled most of the supply.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sugarcane in Brazil Sugarcane was not introduced to Brazil until the Portuguese established the production of it in the middle of the 16th century. They controlled the leading sugar industry in Madeira already, but they wanted to gain another powerhouse production base in Brazil.
Detailed explanation-3: -Expansion of Sugar Production by the Portuguese & Spanish The Portuguese ultimately took control of worldwide sugar production in the 15th century as an economic by-product of their exploration and colonization of the Atlantic Islands along the African coast.
Detailed explanation-4: -By the mid-16th century, Brazil had become the world’s largest producer of sugar. Sugar from Madeira was exported to Portugal, to merchants in Flanders, to Italy, England, France, Greece, and even Constantinople.
Detailed explanation-5: -In the mid-17th century, British-owned Barbados rapidly developed into a slave society growing sugar cane.