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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