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This is the story of a world whose borders

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and territories were drown [br]by the slave trade,

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where violence, subjugation [br]and profit imposed their own routes.

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This criminal system shaped our history[br]and our world.

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On São Tomé, the Portuguese[br]invented an economic model

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with unprecedented profitability:[br]the sugar plantation.

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This was the first black colony,[br]the first slave society.

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We witnessed the *marriage of the black men[br]was sugar cane.

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In the 16th century, other European powers[br]were eager to follow their model.

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Their greed would plunge[br]an entire continent into caos and violence

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Nearly 13 million Africans were cast onto[br]new slavery routes to the new world

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where the English, the French[br]and the Dutch hoped to become wealthy,

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immeasurably wealthy.

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Because the Caribbean[br]has similar climatic features to São Tomé,

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it eventually became[br]the principal crossroad of the slave trader's route

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For people on the western world,

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these islands are today[br]associated with vacation.

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Guadeloupe offers tourists[br]a dream destination.

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Sunshine and pristine nature