This is the story of a world whose borders
and territories were drown by the slave trade,
where violence, subjugation and profit imposed their own routes.
This criminal system shaped our history and our world.
On São Tomé, the Portuguese invented an economic model
with unprecedented profitability: the sugar plantation.
This was the first black colony, the first slave society.
We witnessed the *marriage of the black men was sugar cane.
In the 16th century, other European powers were eager to follow their model.
Their greed would plunge an entire continent into caos and violence
Nearly 13 million Africans were cast onto new slavery routes to the new world
where the English, the French and the Dutch hoped to become wealthy,
immeasurably wealthy.
Because the Caribbean has similar climatic features to São Tomé,
it eventually became the principal crossroad of the slave trader's route
For people on the western world,
these islands are today associated with vacation.
Guadeloupe offers tourists a dream destination.
Sunshine and pristine nature