#TRIVIA
Portuguese Transatlantic Slave Trade
How slavery conquered the Americas
The transatlantic slave trade, which started with the Portuguese in the 16th, was the largest long-distance forced movement of people in history.
Read why it is also referred to as “Colonial Molasses Trade” and how it connects to rum making.
![2048px-Shackles-Sint_Eustatius Slave shackles 1848 Sint Eustatius. Museum Sint Eustatius. Hans Erren, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons](https://ambru.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2048px-Shackles-Sint_Eustatius.jpg)