The colony of Saö Tome represented

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The colony of Saö Tome is widely recognized as the place where large-scale African slavery began. The Portuguese imported slaves from West and Central Africa to work on sugar cane plantations. This marked the beginning of the transatlantic slave trade, which lasted for centuries and had devastating consequences for African societies. While there were some interactions between Christians and Muslims in the colony, this was not a defining characteristic of Saö Tome. There were also few Jewish settlers in the colony, and Saö Tome was not Portugal's most lucrative trading outpost.

The Colony of Saö Tome Represented