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What did the portuguese do to the Africans ? |
Travel Info What did the portuguese do to the Africans ? Travel Tips OK! The answers above are quite accurate and quite terrible things were done in Africa by the Portuguese in the name of "Christianism","Civilization" and later, in the 1960's and 1970's, in the name of defending the "Western Civilization" from other values that usually came from the Soviet Union and China! Of course, this was the official "doctrine", once those new values came from everywhere else in the world as well: self determination, independence, and so on... To be honest, the Portuguese did also some good things in Africa during the colonialist era. And, since the issue came up, perhaps everyone should also know that Portugal was the very first European country to abolish slavery! And it was one of the first in the world too! All in all, Portugal could not grant auto determination to its former African colonies before Portugal itself became a truly free and democratic country, with the 1974 "Revolution of the Carnations"! To use a common place, which is, in this case, entirely appropriate, Portuguese recent History has shown once again that you can only be truly free when you do not oppress others anymore! Source(s): History! History! :) Other Travel Tips a couple of hundred years ago they were the biggest slave traders..i don't know what they have done lately I`m more concerned about what they did to my plumbing. sum countrys like mozambique and angola used 2 b portuguese colonies . the portuguese returned from there after give them independence in early 70 s. b4 that happened there was wars between them and portugal and like in any war people in general done sum nasty stuff 2 eich others , not just portugueses . same as old english colonies 4 exemple . not all portuguese r bad ! |
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