The Portuguese control of the island of São Tomé led to

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The Portuguese established the first economy solely based on the use of slave labor on the island of São Tomé, which became a major center of the transatlantic slave trade. The original inhabitants were not evicted, as there were no permanent settlements on the island before the arrival of the Portuguese. There is no record of conflict with an African tribe or a war with Spain over the control of the island. While the Portuguese did use some of their colonies as prisons, São Tomé was not one of them.

The Portuguese Control of the Island of São Tomé Led